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Web Services Description Language

The Web Services Description Language (WSDL /ˈwɪz dəl/) is an XML-based interface description language that is used for describing the functionality offered by a web service.[citation needed] The acronym is also used for any specific WSDL description of a web service (also referred to as a WSDL file), which provides a machine-readable description of how…

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XML
Developed by
World Wide Web Consortium
Internet media type
application/wsdl+xml
Standard
2.0 Recommendation

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Contained by · 1
Web Services Description Language → XML
Developed by · 1
Web Services Description Language → World Wide Web Consortium
Filename extension · 1
Web Services Description Language → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .wsdl
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Web Services Description Language → application/wsdl+xml
Standard · 1
Web Services Description Language → 2.0 Recommendation

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wsdl web service services language version xml subset file w3c specification description soap operations used recommendation ports also type network

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Web Services Description LanguageFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .wsdl1.00infobox
Web Services Description LanguageInternet media typeapplication/wsdl+xml1.00infobox
Web Services Description LanguageStandard2.0 Recommendation1.00infobox

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