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What is WSDL

Web Services Description Language, its basic syntax the basic WSDL commands that you can use are all in this section.

WSDL stands for Web Services Description Language. It is basically used to describe and to locate web services. Since WSDL is written and stored in the XML format, you should not have any trouble learning it.

Basic WSDL Syntax

The table below lists the basic WSDL commands that you will use.

Name of Element
Reference
<portType> refers to the operations performed by the web service
<message> refers to the messages used by the web service
<types> refers to the data types used by the web service
<binding> refers to the communication protocols used by the web service