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Microsoft SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol

The Simple Object Access Protocol (Microsoft SOAP) is a lightweight and simple XML-based protocol that is designed to exchange structured and typed information on the Web. SOAP can be used in combination with a variety of existing Internet protocols and formats, including Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME), and can support a wide range of applications from messaging systems to remote procedure calls (RPCs).

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