Ooooooooooh! I remember seing a SOAP module in PHP's source a long time ago and mentions of it in the php.net docs all the way back when I started.
So THAT is what it is... Thanks, I knew of the name, but not of what it really was!
Before REST/JSON api's were a thing, the big corporations gathered in a closed room and devised and debated the future design of web2.
Then they published their results as formal W3C specs which were known as SOAP/XML.
It was a synthetic spec based on predictions and requirements instead of real world usecases.
And as a result it was so darn complex and dependency heavy that it never saw any real adoption.
I suspect they're doing it again https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/
Discussion
Yes!!! That's it!
Simplicity always wins at adoption 😁
PHP has similar story, it won over Java/JSP and that thing of Microsoft ISS/ASP.
Oh shit there was CGI and W3C's DHTML as well..
Point is:
Hackers always win, changing the rules - taking the blame.
Enterprises always lose, but steal all creds and profits.
Bitcoin/LN vs. DID/Shitcoin.
Yay! 🍿