Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) Documents

This section describes the content and structure of WSDL documents.Web services are described in documents expressed in WSDL.

When interacting with a web service, a process will adopt one of two roles - supplier or consumer:

  • A service supplier publishes a WSDL document that describes the services it offers.
  • A service consumer uses the published WSDL document to determine the services offered by the supplier and the messages required to access those services.