Re: Etymology of "web service"

> That's an interesting point, Bill.  Who did coin the term?  From my
> discussions with the business side of several companies, they use the
> term 'Web Services' but are not familiar with the web services stack and
> do not understand how the underlying technologies relate to web
> services.

The earliest mention I can remember of web services was an article in The
Industry Standard. It pre-dated SOAP, but described the web services model and
used the term web services to describe a new class of collaborative Internet
software.

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