.NET Programming: A Practical Guide Using C#

Foundation Services

Microsoft also envisions that providing a compelling user experience to consumers is important for the success of Internet as a communication bus. To this effect, Microsoft plans to release some foundation or building block Web services. Software vendors can leverage against these foundation services. With time, Microsoft intends to release more such foundation services.

The first set of foundation services are being released as a product called Microsoft .NET My Services. Table 1.2 lists these services.

Table 1.2. Microsoft .NET My Services

Name	Description
.NET Address	Billing, shipping, and other addresses
.NET Profile	Name, picture, and so on
.NET Contacts	Electronic address book
.NET Location	Electronic and geographical locations ...