wsdlspml

what is difference between WSDL and SPML?

Can somebody please tell me whether there is any difference between SPML and WSDL? Are they related to each other?

I have read things saying that WSDL is generic, used for any service, while SPML is only for provisioning services. I have tried googling for things but I am still not getting what is the exact difference between WSDL and SPML.

Thanks..

Solution

  • Here's a tutorial for WSDL to get you started.

    http://www.w3schools.com/wsdl/default.asp

    And a tutorial on SPML:

    http://go4idm.blogspot.com/2008/03/spml-tutorial.html

    From what I can gather, SPML deals with exchanging provisioning information, whereas WSDL is the language that describes a web service in detail, so that you can talk to it.