1.4 Relationship to Other Protocols
A client that implements this protocol can use the Autodiscover Publishing and Lookup SOAP-Based Web Service Protocol, as described in [MS-OXWSADISC], or the Autodiscover Publishing and Lookup Protocol, as described in [MS-OXDSCLI], to identify the target endpoint to use for each operation.
This protocol uses the SOAP Protocol, as described in [SOAP1.1], to specify the structure information exchanged between the client and server. This protocol uses the XML schema, as described in [XMLSCHEMA1] and [XMLSCHEMA2], to describe the message content sent to and from the server.
The Mailbox Synchronization Web Service Protocol uses SOAP over HTTP, as described in [RFC2616], and SOAP over HTTPS, as described in [RFC2818], as shown in the following layering diagram.
Figure 1: This protocol in relation to other protocols
The synchronized items are managed by using one of the following protocols:
Calendaring Web Service Protocol [MS-OXWSMTGS]
Common Web Service Data Types Protocol [MS-OXWSCDATA]
Contacts Web Service Protocol [MS-OXWSCONT]
Email Message Types Web Service Protocol [MS-OXWSMSG]
Mailbox Search Web Service Protocol [MS-OXWSSRCH]
Post Items Web Service Protocol [MS-OXWSPOST]
Tasks Web Service Protocol [MS-OXWSTASK]
For conceptual background information and overviews of the relationships and interactions between this and other protocols, see [MS-OXPROTO].