Where Is SOAP In OSI?

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Let’s review the OSI [Open Systems Interconnection] model to understand the role of different protocols and their functions in a data network.

SOAP [Simple Open Access Protocol] defines how to package/format a database request (OLAP) as an XML string (bits of data) that can be transported via HTTP [Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol] (Layer 5-7).

SOAP sends the data via Applications-Layer 5-7 HTTP via Transport-Layer 4 TCP [Transmission Control Protocol] over Network-Layer 3 IP [Internet Protocol] and over various Datalink-Layer 2 protocols as Frame Relay, ATM [Asynchronous Transfer Mode], Ethernet, and Physical-Layer 1 protocols such as SONET [Synchronous Optical NETworks], Wi-Fi [Wireless Fidelity], etc.

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