Data & Machines, Service Based
Providers expose services as (remote) procedures
“active objects”, “active services”, … terminologies differ
“Users” can call these functions through the Web
Data can be transferred to and from remote functions
Call patterns can be defined for complex applications
Area collectively known as
Web Services
an old concept revived by the Web
an ubiquitous Web infrastructure is a key for deployment
Ivan Herman
, W3C Head of Offices
Beijing, China, 12 November, 2003
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