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Dear All Thank you all for your comments. It appears I phrased my point badly, I was trying to emphasize that Web services were useful when data was required without presentation. I will take my editor's and your comments to heart and re-write with your ideas in mind. Joe >From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...> >To: <joe@r...>,<xml-dev@l...> >Subject: RE: Demand for web services >Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:00:45 +0100 > >I think web services were driven more by the need to deliver XML data to >applications that carry out business logic using the data, rather than >merely doing presentation. People who only want to do presentation have >largely found that HTTP is sufficient. But that's just one view... > >Michael Kay >http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Fawcett [mailto:joefawcett@h...] > > Sent: 01 August 2005 11:43 > > To: xml-dev@l... > > Subject: Demand for web services > > > > Dear All > > > > Perhaps some of you would like to comment on this? > > > > I am currently co-authoring a book and am writing a brief > > history of XML and > > Web services. > > One of my assertions was that the growth of (XML) Web > > services was promoted > > by the need to separate content from presentation, users > > required data in a > > "pure" form which could then be styled as they saw fit and > > depending on the > > front end, their device capabilities etc. > > > > One of the editors has strongly disagreed with this, although > > he hasn't > > really offered any counter points. > > > > Do you agree with him that this was not one of the driving > > forces or should > > I stick to my guns? > > > > Thanks > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > > > > > >
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