The following is a list of web service protocols. BEEP - Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol CTS - Canonical Text Services Protocol E-Business XML Hessian Internet Open Trading Protocol JSON-RPC JSON-WSP SOAP - outgrowth of XML-RPC, originally an acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Web Processing Service (WPS) WSCL - Web Services Conversation Language WSFL - Web Services Flow Language (superseded by BPEL) XINS Standard Calling Convention - HTTP parameters in (GET/POST/HEAD), POX out XLANG - XLANG-Specification (superseded by BPEL) XML-RPC - XML Remote Procedure Call See also List of web service frameworks List of web service specifications Service-oriented architecture Web service Application layer protocols web service