A Microsoft technology that uses standard tools such as JavaScript and Active Server Pages to build web-based applications. Actuate supports the Microsoft .NET framework for constructing a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) processor. BIRT iHub System contains a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) document that defines an Actuate web services schema for a Microsoft .NET client. Actuate BIRT iHub Integration Technology provides a reference implementation of a Microsoft .NET client application that shows a developer how to build a custom application that implements SOAP processing using this framework.