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Hello,<br />
For a WSDL are there any &quot;required&quot; functions that need to be in any and every WSDL/xml schema?<br />
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Would this be the same for SOAP?
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Hello,
For a WSDL are there any "required" functions that need to be in any and every WSDL/xml schema?

Would this be the same for SOAP?

RESTFUL and SOAP

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