Web services allow applications to share data and capabilities across various operating systems, platforms, and devices using standard web technologies like HTTP, XML, and SOAP. A web service is a programmable application accessible via standard web protocols that is self-contained, self-describing, and loosely coupled. The web services architecture includes communication channels, XML for data representation and exchange, WSDL for describing services, and UDDI for service discovery. Web services offer advantages like platform independence, use of open standards, and easy incorporation into existing XML messaging solutions.

1. WEB SERVICES EXPLAINED Sreerag Gopinath P.C, Roll No. 24, Semester VII, Computer Science & Engg., SJCET, Palai MICROSOFT’S .NET TECHNOLOGY – OBJECTIVES & ARCHITECTURE

2. How giants define Web Service XML Web services let applications share data , and -- more powerfully -- invoke capabilities from other applications without regard to how those applications were built , what operating system or platform they run on, and what devices are used to access them. An application that accepts requests from other systems across the Internet or an intranet, mediated by lightweight, vendor-neutral communications technologies.

3. Before Web Services

5. What is a Web Service? …contd

6. The Web Service Approach

9. Find-Bind-Execute Paradigm

12. WEB SERVICES EXPLAINED MICROSOFT’S .NET TECHNOLOGY – OBJECTIVES & ARCHITECTURE - Sreerag Gopinath P.C