Re: Etymology of "web service"

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Noah Mendelsohn wrote:

> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:51:51 -0500
> From: Noah Mendelsohn <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: Discussion of implementing SOAP applications today
>     <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [SOAP] Etymology of "web service"
>
> I think Andrew has it exactly right.  I would point especially to:  "Also
> the observation that the result could be a web of
> dynamically interacting services.", and I would add the crucial fact that
> web services are identified with URI's.  That's a key step in making these
> services part of "the" web rather than "a" web.  While a lot of the
> infrastructure to do this is still being built, and while many services
> will be strictly machine to machine, it is a very cool thing that you can
> in principle put a link to a web service on your home page.  One day, your
> browser may even know how to do something smart with the SOAP message that
> comes back when you click the link.


That can be done now.  There are SOAP packages that run in JavaScript or
in a Java Applet.

Dave Angulo
University of Chicago

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