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1.1 Introduction to Web Services

A web service is any service that is available over the Internet, uses a standardized XML messaging system, and is not tied to any one operating system or programming language. (See Figure 1-1.)

Figure 1-1. A basic web service

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e-commerce
Semantic Web
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web services
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