GSM – Architecture

GSM – Architecture

A GSM network comprises of many functional units. These functions and interfaces are explained in this chapter. The GSM network can be broadly divided into: ·        The Mobile Station (MS) ·        The…
What is SOAP?

What is SOAP?

SOAP is an acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol. It is an XML-based messaging protocol for exchanging information among computers. SOAP is an application of the XML specification. Points to…
WSDL

WSDL

WSDL stands for Web Services Description Language. It is the standard format for describing a web service. WSDL was developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM. Features of WSDL ·        WSDL is…
Web Services – Characteristics

Web Services – Characteristics

Web services have the following special behavioral characteristics − XML-Based Web services use XML at data representation and data transportation layers. Using XML eliminates any networking, operating system, or platform…
What are Web Services?

What are Web Services?

Different books and different organizations provide different definitions to Web Services. Some of them are listed here. ·        A web service is any piece of software that makes itself available over…
AJAX – XMLHttpRequest

AJAX – XMLHttpRequest

The XMLHttpRequest object is the key to AJAX. It has been available ever since Internet Explorer 5.5 was released in July 2000, but was not fully discovered until AJAX and…
What is AJAX?

What is AJAX?

AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. AJAX is a new technique for creating better, faster, and more interactive web applications with the help of XML, HTML, CSS, and Java Script. ·        Ajax uses…
XSL and  XSLT

XSL and XSLT

XSL Before learning XSLT, we should first understand XSL which stands for EXtensible Stylesheet Language. It is similar to XML as CSS is to HTML. Need for XSL In case of HTML…