Remote data access scheme supports for wireless access to an online teaching system using SOAP technology

The Internet and telecommunication system are now used to disseminate information for the education sector. Traditional classroom teaching has transformed into the "far-distance teaching" and "on-line teaching", which both utilize the information transmission via the Internet or telecommunication system. The mechanism of "on-line teaching" enables students to participate in course discussion and learn in any time they wish. On-line teaching is being listed as a necessity in education propagation. The use of SOAP (simple object access protocol) technology as the standard remote data access scheme is emphasized, and is applied by On-line Teaching System to provide access for different mobile devices. SOAP technology will be used to design the on-line teaching system and SOAP functional components on mobile device that use the SOAP technology to access the on-line teaching system. Its communication mechanism, implementation and provided functions are discussed. The SOAP adopting access mechanism is also compared with the traditional access technology implementation.