出版社：International Association for Computer Information Systems
摘要：The processing, exchange, and integration of the enormous amount of information on the World Wide Web, on one hand, and the need to rapidly develop dynamic and agile enterprise applications, on the other hand, have led to the development of powerful Web applications, referred to as Web services. Web services are at the foundation of a swift change of paradigm in software development and deployment. Web services are XML-based components that are language, platform and location independent. They are self-contained, self-describing, modular applications that can be published, located and invoked across the Web. They are becoming the major components for the creation and integration of large-scale distributed systems. An overview of web services and their effect on distributed computing is provided. Associated enabling technologies and frameworks are discussed and analyzed.
关键词：Web applications and services; enterprise integration; XML; J2EE; .NET.
