SOAP is Simple Object Access Protocol. It is often implemented in JAVA. It is generally designed to implemnt RPC type functionallity using HTTP protocol, thou it has a greater scope than that. There is nothing preventing you from rolling your own, however it may be a piece of work. If I remember correctly there are 2 pieces UDDI, for publishing the methods and there parameters, and SOAP request/respones. It basically allows XML documents to be "executed". There are open source implmentations available, check out http://ws.apache.org/soap/ for more detailed information.
Good luck > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:29 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: SOAP on z/OS? > > > We are running z/OS 1.4 (1.6 Q4, I think). I have the "free" > HTTPD server running. Our management wants to "integrate" > (more or less) the creation and deletion of userids. What > they want is for the Windows people to be more-or-less > responsible for adding most users (non-Tech Services, > basically). Using the free HTTPD server, I have created a > series of Web pages which are RACF secured. These pages > accept the required information and do the actual RACF > functions in a CGI. OK, I haven't really done all of that > yet, just the "proof of concept" in that I don't actually > issue the RACF commands. > > Anyway, it appears that this is not really what is desired. > What is wanted is a way for the Windows program (?) to do a > SOAP request to the z/OS system and get a response back. I > don't know SOAP. I cannot find any reference to SOAP in the > "z/OS: HTTP Server Planning, Installing, and Using" manual. > I'll bet it is not supported. > > Anybody know a good reference web site for doing SOAP stuff > via a Web Server? Anybody know a __FREE__ (as in beer) z/OS > Web server which will do SOAP? Or anything else which is > __FREE__ (as in beer) which can process SOAP requests (can > SOAP even require RACF authenication?) > > A pointer to a "SOAP for Ignorant z/OS Sysprogs" would be > nice as well. > > Please remember that any solution must be __FREE__ (as in beer). > > > -- > John McKown > Senior Systems Programmer > UICI Insurance Center > Information Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
