JAX-RPC & JAX-WS

JAX-RPC (Java API for XML based RPC) 1.1 Supports

- SOAP 1.1

- HTTP 1.1

- WSDL 1.1

- SOAP binding only

- SOAP binding

- WS-I Basic Profile 1.0

Depends on 

- Java 1.4

- SAAL 1.2

JAX-WS (Java API for XML based Web Service) 2.0 supports - 

- SOAP 1.1 and 1.2

- HTTP 1.1

- WSDL 1.1 

- SOAP binding

- HTTP binding (allows to send XML over HTTP without SOAP)

- WS-I Basic Profile 1.1

- MTOM (Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism)  for attachment

- Asynchronous functions

- Message-oriented functions

Depends on 

- Java 1.5

- SAAJ 1.3

- JAXB

J2EE 1.4 supports JAX-RPC 1.1

J2EE 1.5 supports both JAX-RPC 1.1 and JAX-WS 2.0