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Chapter 6. Web Services

Web
services allow access to software components through standard web
protocols such as HTTP and SMTP. Using the Internet and XML, we can
now create software components that communicate with others,
regardless of language, platform, or culture. Until now, software
developers have progressed toward this goal by adopting proprietary
componentized software methodologies, such as DCOM; however, because
each vendor provides its own interface protocol, integration of
different vendors' components is a nightmare. By
substituting the Internet for proprietary transport formats and
adopting standard protocols such as SOAP, web services help software
developers create building blocks of software, which can be reused
and integrated regardless of their location.

In this chapter, we describe the .NET web services architecture and
provide examples of a web service provider and several web service
consumers.