====== Web Services Description Language (WSDL) ======
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**Web Services Description Language (WSDL)** is an [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:x:xml]]-based language that describes [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:w:web_service | Web Services]] and their uses.

A WSDL document is a concrete description of a Web Service that includes both abstract and concrete elements.

WSDL describes the abstract functionality of a service and provides a framework for describing the concrete details of a service description. This formal description is required in order for distributed systems and communication between software applications.


Source: [[https://www.techopedia.com/definition/24422/web-services-description-language-wsdl ]]


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