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On 29 May 2005, at 17:42, Razvan MIHAIU wrote: >> >> >> Were can I find a good definition of this ? my definition is it's a service made available using Web based technologies targeted at computer, as opposed to human, agents. Some attempts at definitions: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_services http://ws-i.org/about/Default.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/ Google until your blue in the face .. >> A web service must be based on SOAP in order to belong in this >> category ? A web service must use XML for transferring data (like >> SOAP) ? Web services are synonymous with SOAP, WSDL and UDDI in many peoples' eyes, though they've taken so long to arrive that the marketeers are busy re-branding it 'SOA', I guess SOAP is now Service Oriented Architecture Protocol :-) >> Can we have web services without WSDL and UDDI ? Sure, why ever not? It's the service that's important, not how you elect to describe, catalogue or sell them. >> -- http://blog.whatfettle.com
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