Web Services and the W3C
by C. M. Sperberg-McQueen

Table of contents

• Web Services and the W3C
• Overview
• Where do Web Services come from?
• What are Web Services? (1)
• What are Web Services? (2)
• What are Web Services? (3)
• What are Web Services? (4)
• What are Web Services? (5)
• The ‘old’ Web
• Web service interaction
• What are Web Services? (5)
• Roots / Origins / Anticipations
• What problems do Web Services need to solve?
• Problems to solve (2)
• Use cases and usage scenarios
• Use cases, cont'd
• The core specifications
• Service-oriented architecture
• A closer look
• Discovery: automated?
• SOAP in one slide
• WSDL in one slide
• UDDI in one slide
• W3C work on Web Services
• Other specs
• Some basic design ideas
• Technical controversies
• Loose coupling? HA!
• Message exchange patterns
• Defining a messaging infrastructure
• The end