i'm not sure that I agree that REST and SOAP are really in conflict. it may not be common, but there's no reason you couldn't use SOAP as a transport for REST-based services. the real conflict is between REST systems which may or may not use SOAP and RPC systems which may or may not use SOAP.
i do, however, agree that for most people, SOAP and RPC style services are pretty much synonymous.
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i'm not sure that I agree that REST and SOAP are really in conflict. it may not be common, but there's no reason you couldn't use SOAP as a transport for REST-based services. the real conflict is between REST systems which may or may not use SOAP and RPC systems which may or may not use SOAP.
i do, however, agree that for most people, SOAP and RPC style services are pretty much synonymous.