WSDL file extension

The table below provides useful information about the .wsdl file extension. It answers questions such as:

• What is the .wsdl file?
• What program do I need to open a .wsdl file?
• How can the .wsdl file be opened, edited or printed?
• How can I convert .wsdl files to another format?

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1 extension(s) and 0 alias(es) found in database

✅ Web Services Description Language Document

.wsdl

Description:
The WSDL file is a Web Services Description Language Document. WSDL is an XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information.

WSDL format description

Category: Document files

Application: -

Mime-type: text/xml

Magic number: -

Magic string: -

Sample: Download example.wsdl file

WSDL aliases:

sdl

WSDL related links:

MSDN Article

WSDL related extensions:

.htm

Hypertext Markup Language Document

.xml

Extensible Markup Language File

.wsad

OpenEdge Web Services Application Descriptor

.vsdisco

Visual Studio .NET Dynamic Discovery Data

.webinfo

Visual Studio .NET Web Information Data

.resources

Visual Studio .NET Resources Data

.disco

Visual Studio .NET Discovery Data

.w

OpenEdge ABL Procedure File

.wsdd

Axis Web Service Deployment Descriptor

.bi

OpenEdge ABL Before Image

Other types of files may also use the .wsdl file extension.

🚫 The .wsdl file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

🔴 Can't open a .wsdl file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows cannot open this file:

example.wsdl

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it...

If you don't know how to set the .wsdl file association, check the FAQ.

🔴 Can I change the extension of files?

Changing the filename extension of a file is not a good idea. When you change a file's extension, you change the way programs on your computer read the file. The problem is, changing the file extension does not change the file format.

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