The document discusses creating and using web services. It describes web services as reusable code that exposes methods to be called by other applications regardless of programming language or platform. The key technologies that enable web services are XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI. The document provides steps for creating a web service, including defining methods, creating a project, and accessing the web service from a client application. It also discusses using web services in both local and web-based applications.