Date: Jan. 5, 2002
Link: http://xml.apache.org/axis/
Source Author or Organization: Axis Project, Apache Software Foundation

Apache Axis is the third generation of the Java-based Apache Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) toolkit.

The parsing engine is now SAX rather than DOM-based to improve speed. Axis also has Web Services Definition Language (WSDL) support, automatic WSDL generation, support for Soap Attachments, "drop-in" SOAP services (Java source files that match a special naming scheme are recognized, and the Web service made immediately available), automatic serialization/deserialization of Java Beans and Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) servlet-based transport.

The Axis site provides links to a user's guide, downloads, a CVS Repository, a reference library, a FAQ and mailing lists.