Now, it's allowing interoperability to move beyond theory into reality. Ximian has also put a premium on compatibility. We think Microsoft. Microsoft is supporting SOAP for creating .Net services. But we will let these services become available to Linux.
Web services are software applications delivered as a service over the Web.
They can be standalone or integrated. But the full promise of Web services won't be realized unless services developed for one software maker's environment will work with those developed using tools and software from another company. That's where Ximian's SOUP could come into play. SOAP is an XML-based protocol designed to share data in a distributed computing environment. Just about all the companies creating Web services environments are backing SOAP and are making it a foundation layer for their software.