Dynamic Link Web Libraries

Nobody invented Web services (at least not within the past two years), but all the main players in the Information Technology (IT) arena are rapidly adopting and transforming the idea of “software callable by other software” into solutions that fit all development platforms.

No matter how a Web service is created, by which vendor or platform, the way it is exposed to the public is standard. Any Web service can be imported and incorporated into a vendor-specific or platform-specific solution, as long as it adheres to accepted standards. Web services guarantee interoperability because they are based entirely on open standards. By rolling functionality into a Web service, you can expose it to any application on the Web ...

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