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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
About the SOAP client
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is a communications XML-based protocol that lets applications exchange information through the Internet.
SOAP is platform independent and language independent. SOAP uses XML to specify a request and reply structure. It uses HTTP as the transport mechanism to drive the request and to receive a reply.
Prior to using IBM's solution, you must have a basic understanding of SOAP, of Extensible Markup Language (XML), and XML Namespaces, and of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL).
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IBM Tivoli Monitoring Web Services for the SOAP server