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WSDL Last modified: Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Short for Web Services Description Language, an XML-formatted language used to describe a Web service's capabilities as collections of communication endpoints capable of exchanging messages. WSDL is an integral part of UDDI, an XML-based worldwide business registry. WSDL is the language that UDDI uses. WSDL was developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM. Also see Understanding "Web Services" in the "Did You Know...?" section of Webopedia.
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