Summary
In this chapter, you were introduced to Web services. With a birds-eye view of what Web services are and how they're useful, you should have a good understanding of the intent behind them. Foremost is the capability to glue systems together in ad hoc ways using a single, common, and neutral discovery and invocation stack, which is the Web services platform. As you learned earlier, this platform comprises primarily components (SOAP, XML, UDDI, WSDL) that come together to provide a business service as what has been called a Web service. The key differentiator is the platform neutrality provided as these technologies work together.
In the next chapter, you will be introduced to the various aspects of Web services (for example, business, ...
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