• To: "XML Dev" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: Redefining the meaning of common nouns
• From: "Rick Jelliffe" <ricko@a...>
• Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 23:12:07 +1100
• References: <1038472726.25572.2766.camel@ibook>

From: "Eric van der Vlist" <vdv@d...>

> "A Web service is a software system identified by a URI [RFC 2396],
> whose public interfaces and bindings are defined and described using
> XML. Its definition can be discovered by other software systems. These
> systems may then interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by
> its definition, using XML based messages conveyed by Internet
> protocols."

versus 

> "A Web service is a software system identified by a URI [RFC 2396]."
 
"Web services" are not just CGIs, so I think Eric's definition is not really enough.
The point about web services is that they provide some metadata that allows you
to find or use them: for example, that they may advertise or have schemas. 
So that some software can say "I want to find a certain service" or some
other software can also say "tell me what format/schema is being used."

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe 

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