Comments on: More on DTP

By: http://jw.myopenid.com/

http://jw.myopenid.com/ — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:45:06 +0000

I recommend you not to use SOAP, as it appears to be very hard to implement. I have already tried to implement a (fairly complex) web service in SOAP using PHP, and it\’s very hard to find good, fully-supported and easy-to-use libraries, and it\’s not always that easy to know how exactly you should do things.
However, it might be a good idea to use XML, in a very simply form so it doesn\’t take up too much space. XML libraries are widely available, and as opposed to SOAP very easy to use, you can even parse simple XML without an XML parser.

By: Robert O'Callahan

Robert O'Callahan — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:26:20 +0000

It was tactful of you to mention that WS-* and XML* are bloaty towers of complexity that no-one sane wants to touch.

By: Kevin H

Kevin H — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:55:14 +0000

I urge you to read and consider the following article: Don't Invent XML Languages