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title: "A quick SOAP primer via IRC (but not SOAP via IRC)"
date: 2003-10-03T09:28:17-04:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2003/10/03/a-quick-irc-soap-primer/
author: Les Orchard
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# A quick SOAP primer via IRC (but not SOAP via IRC)

<p>
After making those RSS namespace examples, I was thinking aloud about
SOAP on #joiito yesterday and how it compares to what I did with the Amazon
data.  <a href="http://www.intertwingly.com">Sam Ruby</a>
happened to be in the room:
</p>
<pre>&lt;rubys&gt; deusx: want a quick primer?

&lt;deusx&gt; rubys: I'd love one, though unfortunately at the moment,
I'm about to be off to a meeting :(

* f8dy would like a quick primer

&lt;rubys&gt; This is really quick.  Take some XML.  XML that doesn't
have a DTD or any PI's.  Put it in a soap:Body.  Put the soap:Body in
a soap:Envelope.  Voila', you have valid document literal SOAP.</pre>
<p>
That <i>was</i> a quick primer, and though I know there's more to
it, putting it like that makes me see SOAP a little differently.
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