Web Application Description Language

<p>The Web Application Description Language (WADL) is a machine-readable <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> description of <a href="/facts/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol/TWtvf7JD">HTTP</a>-based <a href="/facts/Web_service/qxrwqB3D">web services</a>. WADL models the resources provided by a service and the relationships between them. WADL is intended to simplify the reuse of web services that are based on the existing HTTP architecture of the Web. It is platform and language independent and aims to promote reuse of applications beyond the basic use in a web browser.
WADL was submitted to the <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web_Consortium/lGWmhF6M">World Wide Web Consortium</a> by <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a> on 31 August 2009, but the consortium has no current plans to standardize it. WADL is the <a href="/facts/REST/4U0bMh35">REST</a> equivalent of <a href="/facts/SOAP/99DbjMR5">SOAP</a>'s <a href="/facts/Web_Services_Description_Language/tQPIot4A">Web Services Description Languages</a> (WSDL), which can also be used to describe <a href="/facts/REST/4U0bMh35">REST</a> web services.
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Web Application Description Language