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<sect1 id="zend.xmlrpc.introduction">
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>
        From its <ulink url="http://www.xmlrpc.com/">home page</ulink>,
        <acronym>XML-RPC</acronym> is described as a "...remote procedure calling using
        <acronym>HTTP</acronym> as the transport and <acronym>XML</acronym> as the encoding.
        <acronym>XML-RPC</acronym> is designed to be as simple as possible, while allowing complex
        data structures to be transmitted, processed and returned."
    </para>

    <para>
        Zend Framework provides support for both consuming remote <acronym>XML-RPC</acronym>
        services and building new <acronym>XML-RPC</acronym> servers.
    </para>
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