WSDL

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WSDL
Stands forWeb Services Description Language
CategoriesTechnology & Computing

WSDL stands for Web Services Description Language, a programming abbreviation.

An XML format that describes a SOAP web service's operations, message formats, data types and endpoint addresses, allowing tools to generate client code automatically.

Example: Import the WSDL into Visual Studio to generate the client proxy for the tax service.

Usage notes

WSDL 1.1 was published as a W3C Note in 2001, and WSDL 2.0 became a Recommendation in 2007, though 1.1 stayed more widely used. Pronounced "wiz-dull". REST APIs use OpenAPI documents for a similar purpose.

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