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Web Service Definition Debate

Over in my other blogspace at Ecademy, there is an ongoing debate in the Web Services Club on that perennial brain teaser, how exactly do you define a web service?

Any input from .Net bloggers with a short snappy definition (marketing department friendly of course) would be appreciated. 

Posted: Jun 14 2003, 03:48 PM by VictorL | with 2 comment(s)

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Jesse Ezell said:

A web service is just that. A service that is provided via the web. It is not uncommon to see a web site refered to as a web service. So, like many definitions, the important thing here is context.
# June 14, 2003 8:09 AM

Wes Rogers said:

It's usually a bad idea to define a term using the term itself (for example, "A web service is a service that executes over the web"), because it leaves the reader feeling a bit foggy. Maybe it's better to say that a web service is a program triggered to execute via an internet transaction?
# August 26, 2003 12:41 PM
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