3.1. Chapter Overview
Web Services, which are units of business services and components, are positioned as the next IT strategy for enterprises. The enabling technologies are built on top of XML. They are also referenced as “XML Web Services.”
The Web Services technology stack includes the transport layer (for example, SOAP over HTTP), a service description language (for example, WSDL), transaction routing (for example, ebXML Message Service), and service negotiation (for example, ebXML Business Process).
Web Services have many similarities and associations with CORBA. Some see Web Services technology as a reincarnation of Application Service Provider and CORBA.
Microsoft's version of Web Services is .NET, with C# as one key development language. ...
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