I've just been looking at the UPNP specs, and lo and behold, UPNP now mandates SOAP.
http://www.upnp.org/download/UPnPDA10_20000613.htm Looks to me from the examples that UPNP devices talk rpc/enc, maybe 0.9 or 1.0 soap at that. Which means if they shipped in any quantity, they would ensconce rpc/enc as the most widely spread, maybe even widely used soap option. POST path of control URL HTTP/1.1 HOST: host of control URL:port of control URL CONTENT-LENGTH: bytes in body CONTENT-TYPE: text/xml; charset="utf-8" SOAPACTION: "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:serviceType:v#actionName" <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; s:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";> <s:Body> <u:actionName xmlns:u="urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:serviceType:v"> <argumentName>in arg value</argumentName> other in args and their values go here, if any </u:actionName> </s:Body> </s:Envelope> ...the spec looks a bit like SOAP came along half way through it; anyone know any more about the history? -steve
