SOAP

(materials) A particular type of detergent, in which the water-solubilizing group is a carboxylate, COO, and the positive ion is usually sodium, Na⁺, or potassium, K⁺. A soap compound mixed with a fragrance and other ingredients and then cast into soap bars of different shapes.

(Simple Object Access Protocol) A message-based protocol based on XML for accessing services on the Web. Initiated by Microsoft, IBM and others, it employs XML syntax to send text commands across the Internet using HTTP. SOAP is similar in purpose to the DCOM and CORBA distributed object systems, but is lighter weight and less programming intensive. Because of its simple exchange mechanism, SOAP can also be used to implement a messaging system. SOAP is supported in COM, DCOM, Internet Explorer and Microsoft's Java implementation. See UDDI, .NET and REST.

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A salt or mixture of salts, of aliphatic acids, such as palmitic, stearic, or oleic acid, with sodium or potassium used for cleaning purposes.

Acronym for subjective data, objective data, assessment, plan, the way the progress notes are organized in problem-oriented medical record keeping.