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Web Services Description Language

XML-based interface description language
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Web Services Description Language

Summary

Web Services Description Language is a XML-based format[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Web Services Description Language's instance of is recorded as XML-based format[3].
  • Web Services Description Language's instance of is recorded as interface description language[4].
  • Web Services Description Language's developer is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[5].
  • Web Services Description Language is used for web service[6].
  • Web Services Description Language is used for server-side web API[7].
  • Web Services Description Language's media type is recorded as application/wsdl+xml[8].
  • Web Services Description Language's file extension is recorded as wsdl[9].
  • Web Services Description Language's standards body is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[10].
  • Web Services Description Language's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/wsdl[11].
  • Web Services Description Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WSDL'}[12].
  • Web Services Description Language's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10003307[13].
  • Web Services Description Language's XML namespace URL is recorded as http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/[14].
  • Web Services Description Language's XML namespace URL is recorded as http://www.w3.org/ns/wsdl[15].

Why It Matters

Web Services Description Language has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . clarin.eu. Retrieved . clarin.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . xml.coverpages.org. Retrieved . xml.coverpages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Web Services Description Language. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/web-services-description-language
MLA “Web Services Description Language.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/web-services-description-language.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_web-services-description-language_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Web Services Description Language}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/web-services-description-language}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    J-global id → 200906044487093487
    Foldoc id → ['WSDL', 'Web+Service+Definition+Language', 'WSDL']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: Web+Service+Definition+Language, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/26dc0a886f95/|details]])"
  2. 19d ago · Olea · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → World Wide Web Consortium
    Has use → web service, server-side web API
    Developer → —
    Wolfram language entity code → ['Entity["FileFormat", "WSDL-1"]', 'Entity["BroadcastStation", "WSDL"]']
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||pl, fr, he, it, de, ja, nl, pt, cs, en, el, ro, mul */ Cleanup: add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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