SOAP, REST or just XML for Objective-C/iPhone vs. server solution

Question

We are going to set up a solution where the iPhone is requesting data from the server. We have the option to decide what kind of solution to put in place and we are not sure

Answer 1

You are not saying how complex your data structures are and if you actually need state handling.

If you want to keep your network traffic to a minimum, while still keeping some of the structured features of XML, you might have a look at JSON. It is a very light weight data encapsulation framework. There are some implementations available for iPhone, for instance TouchJSON

Claus