December 2006
Beginner
1500 pages
55h 41m
English
A web service is a software component stored on one computer that can be accessed via method calls by an application (or other software component) on another computer over a network.
Web services communicate using such technologies as XML and HTTP.
The Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is an XML-based protocol that allows web services and clients to communicate in a platform-independent manner.
Web services enable businesses to conduct transactions via standardized, widely available web services rather than relying on proprietary applications.
Companies such as Amazon, Google, eBay, PayPal and many others are using web services to their advantage by making their server-side applications available to partners ...
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