Bijoy VP

• Jun 30th, 2005

 

Web Services represent functionality that can be easily reused without knowing how the service is implemented. Unlike current component technologies which are accessed via proprietary protocols, Web Services are accessed via ubiquitous Web protocols (ex: HTTP) using universally-accepted data formats (ex: XML).

Jitendra Kumar Thakur

• Aug 13th, 2005

 

Web Service is the method of sharing data without knowing which Operating System the client is using means Web Service is OS dependent whereas .NET component can be used only in .NET Technology.

samiksc

 Profile Answers by samiksc 

• Jan 12th, 2006

 

A web service has the following characteristics:

1. It communicates using open protocols like HTTP
2. Processes XML messages framed using SOAP
3. May be described using WSDL
4. Can be discovered using UDDI

Any application which is supposed to reach a wide customer base should be written as a web service, as opposed to customized applications for specific customers.

For example, services which help in stock trading by providing analysis of market trends could best be implemented as a web service. The reasons are

1. Such a web service would be easily discovered by potential customers when they need it.
2. It will require minimal setup on the client machines
3. The updates to the system will be automatically available to all its consumers, without any need to deploy the updates on their machines.