Web Services

Web Services

1. used for exchanging data between applications or systems

2. uses a standardized XML messaging system

   • include programs, objects, messages, or documents.

3. are not limited by any one operating system or programming language

   • interoperability : e.g.between Java and Python, or Windows and Linux applications

4. are self-contained, modular, distributed, dynamic applications

   • can be described, published, located, or invoked over the network

5. Web services are built on top of open standards

   • TCP/IP, HTTP, Java, HTML, and XML