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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:
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.