1.4 Relationship to Other Protocols

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This protocol uses the SOAP message protocol for formatting request and response messages, as described in [SOAP1.1], [SOAP1.2-1/2007] and [SOAP1.2-2/2007]. It transmits those messages by using HTTP, as described in [RFC2616], or Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS), as described in [RFC2818].

The Versions Web Service Protocol uses SOAP over HTTP, as described in [RFC2616], and SOAP over HTTPS, as described in [RFC2818], as shown in the following layering diagram.

This protocol in relation to other protocols

Figure 2: This protocol in relation to other protocols

This protocol calls the CheckOutFile, CheckInFile, and UndoCheckOut operations, as described in [MS-LISTSWS].