Web services are a new breed of web application
They are self-contained, self-describing, modular applications that can be published, located, and used across the Web
Web services perform functions, which can be anything from simple requests to complicated business processes...
Once a web service is deployed, other applications (and other web services) can discover and use the deployed service
Vasudevan, V. (2001). A Web Services Primer. XML.com. http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2001/04/04/webservices/index.html
II. What are web services?
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