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XML-RPC or XML remote procedure call is a xml-based protocol that uses HTTP to transmit procedure calls.
XML-RPC is a very simple protocol and was created by Dave Winer in 1995, in conjunction with Microsoft.
Microsoft and others later extended XML-RPC into a more complex protocol called SOAP.
A typical XML-RPC message looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodCall>
<methodName>example.getName</methodName>
<params>
<param>
<value><a>42</a></value>
</param>
</params>
</methodCall>