Are Web services finally ready to deliver?

Author

Leavitt, Neal

Author_Institution

Leavitt Commun., Fallbrook, CA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

11

fYear

2004

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

18

Abstract

Web services, in brief, are a framework of software technologies designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. Companies on different systems can use Web services to exchange information online with business partners, customers, and suppliers. Various standards organizations and industry consortia are developing Web services specifications without a unifying authority. Organizations such as the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), the Liberty Alliance Project, and the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) have developed or reviewed numerous standards. A primary goal of Web services is to unlock a new generation of e-commerce applications.

Keywords

Internet; electronic commerce; formal specification; message passing; software standards; Liberty Alliance Project; Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards; Web Services Interoperability Organization; Web services specifications; World Wide Web Consortium; e-commerce applications; interoperable machine-to-machine interaction; online information exchange; reliable messaging; software technology; standards organizations; Automation; Guidelines; Information security; Packaging; Production; Routing protocols; Simple object access protocol; Software tools; Standards development; Web services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2004.199

Filename

1362580