Apache Axis 1.0 RC1 Available Posted by krow on Tuesday September 10, 2002 @11:17AM from the does-one-really-feel-clean-when-using-java? dept. spike666 writes "Apache Axis, the SAX based SOAP server which IBM is building into WebSphere, has hit 1.0RC1! Go download it now and get all SOAPy!"
SOAP is basically platform-independent RPC using XML. It is typically done over HTTP, although is could be done using SMTP, FTP, etc. (if you wanted to).