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Cisco proposes open-source alternative to Soap

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Cisco has announced an alternative to the Web-services protocol Soap--and made it open source. Cisco said its Etch messaging protocol will be more efficient than the Soap standard and the company will release the source code. A beta version of Etch will be launched this summer, as part of version 2.5 of the Cisco Unified Application Environment (CUAE). Within that environment, it will replace the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standard, Soap, said Cisco, providing a more lightweight and faster interface, suitable for real-time interaction.

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Sander_Marechal ·
Protocols should not be "open sources". They should be standardised and the standard should be open. Cisco should submit Etch as an RFC or something.

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