Friday, March 14, 2008

Introduction to Web Service

Web Services enables us to develop or share the applications that you have created and shared via web independent of any platforms (hardware/software). It is standardized by W3C consortium, and protocols developed like SOAP,UDDI,WSDL to make your applications can talk to any other kind of application through http+xml standards. It is almost a WEB API for the end users.
The uses of web services are countless. One can virtually access a bio-seperation laboratory from a remote village via Web, Share the Rearch Results online, Online Reservation not only to just booking tickets but also to reserve rooms, arrange travel plan for your staying, etc., all in a single click. Medical Applications: A doctor can monitor the patient details anywhere using his mobile in a secured way, Military Applications, Educational Institutions use the medium to share their views and thoughts online, and lot more.
Currently all the software companies and search engines concentration moves towards web services. There are different platforms to develop and deploy these web services given by Microsoft(.NET), Sun (Java), IBM, HP, etc.,
We will start discussing a Microsoft Platform web service development and extend our discussion to migrate the same with other platforms. "Enjoy Reading" By K. Saravanan.

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