"description" - The Root Element

This section describes 'description', the root element of a WSDL document. The target namespace and other namespaces should be provided at the root element level.

"description" is the root element of a WSDL 2.0 document. The syntax of "description" looks like this:

<wsdl:description
  targetNamespace="tns_uri"
  xmlns:tns="tns_uri"
  xmlns:wsdl="http://www.w3.org/ns/wsdl"
  xmlns:xxxx="other_uri" ...>
  ...
</wsdl:description>

Notes on the "description" element:

Here is an example of "description" element:

<wsdl:description xmlns:wsdl="http://www.w3.org/ns/wsdl"
  xmlns:wsoap= "http://www.w3.org/ns/wsdl/soap"
  xmlns:hy="https://www.herongyang.com/Service/"
  targetNamespace="https://www.herongyang.com/Service/">
  ...
</wsdl:description>

In this example, xmlns:wsoap= "http://www.w3.org/ns/wsdl/soap" provides "wsoap" as the namespace prefix for element names from the SOAP extension.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction to WSDL 2.0

WSDL 2.0 Document Structure and Syntax

 Overview of WSDL 2.0 Document Structure

"description" - The Root Element

 "types" - The Container Element for Data Types

 "interface" - Interface Definition Element

 "binding" - Binding Definition Element

 "service" - Service Definition Element

 WSDL Version 2.0 Part 2: Adjuncts

 WSDL 2.0 Document Examples with SOAP Binding

 Using WSDL Document in Java Apache Axis2/Java for WSDL

 Apache Woden for WSDL Documents in Java

 SoapUI - Web Service Testing Tool

 PHP SOAP Extension for WSDL

 Perl SOAP::Lite for WSDL

 Introduction to WSDL 1.1

 WSDL 1.1 Document Structure and Syntax

 WSDL 1.1 Binding Extension for SOAP 1.1

 SoapUI as WSDL 1.1 Testing Tool

 WSDL 1.1 and SOAP 1.1 Examples - Document and RPC Styles

 PHP SOAP Extension for WSDL 1.1

 Perl SOAP::Lite for WSDL 1.1

 Apache Axis2/Java for WSDL 1.1

 Using WSDL2Java to Generate Web Service Stub Classes

 WSDL 1.1 Binding Extension for SOAP 1.2

 WSDL 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 Examples - Document and RPC Styles

 SOAP 1.2 Binding - PHP, Java and Perl Clients

 Python SOAP Client: Zeep

 WSDL Related Terminologies

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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