WSDL Documents


An WSDL document describes a web service. It specifies the location of the service, and the methods of the service, using these major elements:

Element	Description
<types>	Defines the (XML Schema) data types used by the web service
<message>	Defines the data elements for each operation
<portType>	Describes the operations that can be performed and the messages involved.
<binding>	Defines the protocol and data format for each port type


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