A few words about SOAP version 1.2
- SOAP version 1.2: SOAP is not an acronym anymore.
- Envelope with a processing model:
- Extensible in a decentralized fashion.
- Can address intermediaries along the message path.
- Has a default encoding, but does not prevent the use of
others.
- Not only an XML-based RPC protocol.
- Can be carried by HTTP and by other protocols.
- Upgrade extension for signaling to SOAP/1.1 nodes that SOAP
version 1.2 is required.