The Complete WSDL File

Conclusion

WSDL provides the developer with the ability to describe a Web Service in great detail, starting with defining each element that appears in the body of the SOAP document, the names of the request and response message, the type of transport, the encoding used within the message, and the name of the service. The resulting XML looks complex because it’s really not meant for human consumption. The WSDL is meant for use by an application during the discovery phase of developing a new Web Services client.