< protocol > (SOAP) A minimal set of conventions for invoking code using XML over HTTP .
DevelopMentor , Microsoft Corporation , and UserLand Software submitted SOAP to the IETF as an internal draft in December 1999.
Current version: SOAP 1.1 defined by World Wide Web Consortium .
http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/ .
(2000-01-08)