About this guide

About this guide

 

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This SDK explains how to use SirsiDynix Symphony Web Services. It provides an overview of the software, including a brief summary of Web Services architecture, and describes the operations available in each service.

This guide is intended for web developers or other technical users with a thorough understanding of web services technology and protocols who want to use SirsiDynix Symphony Web Services to communicate with Symphony systems. For example, you should understand the following concepts and technologies:

WSDL—basic concepts of services, ports, bindings, port types and the relation to XML schema
SOAP—basic concepts, relation to WSDL (bindings, services, and so on), encoding types and message styles (SirsiDynix Symphony Web Services uses literal and document)
REST—basic concepts, particularly HTTP GET and POST transactions and how HTTP headers are used to exchange data and status information
XML and related technologies—XPath, XML Schema, namespaces, and so on

You can find most specifications at the website of the W3C (www.w3.org). Tutorials are available at W3Schools (www.w3schools.com).

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