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Does the SW Replace Web Services?
SW and WS are Complementary


  • Two facets of machine-to-machine communication
    • service based (“Web of applications”)
    • metadata based (“Web of data”)
  • A widely deployed Web Services infrastructure may be the most compelling business case for the Semantic Web
  • A widely deployed Web Services infrastructure may be the
  • most compelling business case for the Semantic Web
  • The synergy of Semantic Web and Web Service will hugely benefit for the wide deployement of both!
  • The synergy of Semantic Web and Web Service will hugely
  • benefit for the wide deployement of both!

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