11. What is XML-RPC and what is it used for?

      XML-RPC stands for eXtensible Markup Language Remote Procedure Call. It is a method of sharing messages between client and server. Further, “XML-RPC is a lightweight protocol intended for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment. The framework has been designed to be independent of any particular programming model and other implementation-specific semantics” (Mindel, Brown, Mindel, & Baker, 2005).

References

Mindel, A., Brown, P. Mindel, M., & Baker, M., (2005). What is XML-RPC? In, Wordtracker Web Services Technical Documentation. Retrieved July 28, 2008 from http://www.wordtracker.com/docs/api/ch02.html