xml-dev - Re: XML-RPC or SOAP

[Philip Gooch <philg@easynet.co.uk>]

Thanks Dave and Joshua for the valuable input.

Yes, XML-RPC is working for us, and it's very easy. It's a little verbose
though (<params><param><struct><member>.....), especially if you're just
sending name=value pairs.

Cheers

Phil

Dave Winer wrote:

> I'll get this one! ;->
>
> On another mail list they're asking if CORBA is dead.
>
> Study the history of software, nothing ever dies, yet people who for one
> reason or another *want* things to die say they're dead.
>
> XML-RPC is alive and well.
>
> SOAP is coming along, but there aren't many interoperable implementations,
> and none of them implement all the possibilities. So interoperability is
> still a challenge in SOAP-space, where it's trivial in XML-RPC, and done,
> and demonstrated.
>
> So my advice is this, if XML-RPC does what you need to do, use it.
>
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Gooch" <philg@easynet.co.uk>
> To: <xml-dev@xml.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 8:52 AM
> Subject: XML-RPC or SOAP
>
> > Hi there
> >
> > In the project I am involved in, we are looking at using HTTP xml-based
> > remote procedure calls as an alternative to RMI. Our programmer's are
> > new to XML, so I suggested we use XML-RPC (no namespaces or attributes -
> > very simple). However, someone replied along the lines that XML-RPC is
> > dead and we should use SOAP instead.
> >
> > Can anyone here make any suggestions or comments?
> >
> >
> > Phil
> >