Applied SOAP: Implementing .NET XML Web Services

Introduction

This book is about a new approach to building applications for the Internet--the technology is called Web Services.

Quite a lot of changes have taken place where the Internet is concerned, especially with regard to how information and services can be shared. If you can disregard the typical marketing hype for a short time, you will see that Web Services are really just a new way for applications to share information using existing and proven Internet technologies.

But it doesn't stop with the Internet. Web Services also offer the opportunity for services to be shared between applications on the same machine, within an intranet, or even between devices.

Web Services are all about interoperability, and XML is one of the fundamental enabling ...