SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol
•SOAP is a communication protocol
•SOAP is for communication between applications
•SOAP is a format for sending messages
•SOAP is designed to communicate via Internet
•SOAP is platform independent
•SOAP is language independent
•SOAP is based on XML
•SOAP is simple and extensible
•SOAP allows you to get around firewalls
•SOAP will be developed as a W3C standard
