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| <chapter id="nsdl-chap" status="review"> |
| <title id="nsdl">Network Service Definition Language</title> |
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| The Network Service Definition Language is used to specify the message exchange between client / server applications. |
| The language specifies the messages, their parameters, message direction, timeout, authorization, delivery style, custom |
| types, constants, and documentation for the service and each message, parameter, type, and constant. A compiler can then |
| be used to process the NSDL into meta-data and code to support implementing clients and servers in a variety of different |
| programming languages and environments with the help of a small runtime library. |
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| <sect1 id="nsdl-syntax" status="review"> |
| <title>Syntax Elements</title> |
| <para> |
| The NSDL uses syntax elements common to other programming languages: |
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| This is a note! |
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