What is the "Object" in Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)?

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I know SOAP isn’t really used but I’m just curious. Is the object whatever data is being sent or received by whatever web service you’re using?

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AFAIK it’s the data structure that is to be accessed (cf Object Access): the key thing a request has to define are the rules for accessing that data structure (whatever it is, it could be anything). I assume SOAP is not now an acronym because it isn’t just objects that are accessed, maybe, possibly (?).

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Thanks for the answer Dan. I figured it was something like that. I unfortunately haven’t been able to find an in-depth answer in my Google searches. I guess it’s not important since REST is what everyone uses.