Web services combine the best aspects of component-based development with the Web’s ubiquity and easy access. Think of Web services as black-box functionality you can reuse without worrying about how ...

Web Services play a key role in implementing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). The notion of describing the service independent of the technology in which it has been implemented has been robustly ...

The brass ring of Web services is the Web Services Definition Language (WSDL), the mechanism for specifying how a service operates. WSDL consists of a structured XML document that specifies endpoints ...

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Last week, the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) finalized Web Services Description Language 2.0 (WSDL 2.0) as a W3C recommendation. The action aims to promote greater interoperability and ...

If you've heard the term Web services from vendors and the press lately, you're not alone. While the phrase is bandied about a lot, there's a woeful shortage of substantive discussion. So what are Web ...