What is Web Service

A web service is a software system or component that enables communication and interaction between different applications over a network, typically the Internet. It provides a standardized way for software components to exchange data and invoke functionality remotely using web protocols like HTTP.

A Web Service is a software component that is described via WSDL and is capable of being accessed via standard network protocols such as but not limited to SOAP over HTTP. It has an interface described in a machine-processable format.

Defined by the W3C as a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over the Internet. Thus, a Web service is a self-contained, encapsulated software functionality provided to be used on-demand through standardized interfaces. Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP messages and WSDL-description, typically conveyed using HTTP with an XML serialization in conjunction with other Web-related standards. Due to the progress of standards like UDDI and BPEL, Web services can be flexibly discovered and combined to loosely coupled processes that again form a composite service.

A networked service that allows cooperative information processing with other similar services.

It is a paradigm that allows interaction between distant applications via Internet independently of their platforms and languages.

Standards based software components that provide information and functionality over the Web to other components and applications. Web services usually do not provide user interfaces.

Web service is defined by W3C as a software system designed to support interoperable machine to machine interaction over a network. A web service provides interfaces described by a machine-processable WSDL document, and other systems can interact with the service using SOAP messages.

A special type of e-services, based on a set of open XML-standards, provisioned on the Internet.

A self-contained, modular application that can be described, published, located and invoked over a network (IBM, 2001 AU9: The in-text citation "IBM, 2001" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).

A modular application that can be described, located, and invoked on the Internet. A Web service is designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. It has an interface described in a machine processable format, specifically WSDL.

A software system identified by a URL and whose public interfaces and bindings are defined and described using XML is called a Web service. Its architecture is loosely coupled. The Web Service Description Language WSDL uses the XML format to describe the methods provided by a Web service, including input and output parameters, data types and the transport protocol, which is typically HTTP. Web Services use a registry to publish details about services and provide an opportunity for service consumers to find service providers.

A solution for communication between devices through the internet, using a common protocol to transfer data.

A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network.

A web service is a software system (often Web APIs accessible over a network) designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network.

It is a way to implement services on the web, which are associated with web resources.

A software system designed to allow inter-computer interaction over a network to perform a task. Other computers interact with a web service, in a manner prescribed by its interface, using messages which are enclosed in a SOAP envelope and are often conveyed by HTTP. Software applications can use web services to exchange data over a network.

A software component with a well defined interface that can be accessed over a network and which supports interoperable machine-to-machine interaction using open standards and protocols.

A service provided by a software program on the Web. Client software on the Web (e.g., a Web application) requests a service by specifying its location on the Web and submits any information necessary to perform the service. The Web service performs the service by executing an algorithm and returning the results to the client.

A web service can be defined as a software program that provides an API whereby it can be invoked over the internet using XML-based standard protocols.

A Web Service is a software component that is described via WSDL and is capable of being accessed via standard network protocols such as but not limited to SOAP over HTTP. It has an interface described in a machine-processable format (specifically WSDL).

A system or a software which supports interaction over the WWW. The interfaces of web services are generally defined by commonly recognised standard web languages.

A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network.

A reusable component that can be registered, discovered, and invoked using standard internet protocols.

It is a way to implement services on the web, which are associated with web resources.

It is a software application identified by a URI whose interfaces and binding are capable of being defined, described, and discovered by XML (extensible markup language) artifacts, and that supports direct interactions with other software applications using XML-based messages via Internet-based applications.

Software application that can be discovered, described, and accessed based on XML and standard Web protocols over intranets, extranets, and the Internet.

Is a type of API that almost always operates over HTTP.

A software application identified by a Uniform Resource Indicator (URI) that is defined, described, and discovered using the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and that supports direct interactions with other software applications using XML-based messages via an Internet protocol.

Method of communications between two electronic devices over the World Wide Web.

A Web service is a self-contained software component offering a well-defined interface, accessible through standardized protocols by remote clients. Loose coupling of Web services enables flexibility and reusability.

URL-addressable set of functions exposed over a network to serve as a building block for creating distributed applications.

A Web service is a software component that is described via WSDL and is capable of being accessed via standard network protocols such as (but not limited to) SOAP over HTTP. It has an interface described in a machine-processable format (specifically WSDL).

A web service (WS) is a software application that is used to communicate between two devices on a network. More specifically, a web service is a software application with a standardized way of providing interoperability between disparate applications.

is a set of related application functions that can be invoked over the Internet as an integrated part of any program code. Businesses can dynamically mix and match Web services to perform complex transactions with minimal programming. Web services allow buyers and sellers worldwide to discover each other, connect dynamically, execute transactions, and share information (data, knowledge) in real time with minimal human interaction.

Technology that uses a set of protocols and standards to exchange data among applications that differs in programing languages, platforms and operating systems.

A Web service (also Web Service) is defined by the W3C as “a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network”. Web services are frequently just Web APIs that can be accessed over a network, such as the Internet, and executed on a remote system hosting the requested services.

an autonomous unit of application logic that provides some information processing resources to other applications through the Internet from a service provider (such as an enterprise).

A software functionality available remotely (on the Internet or in the cloud) to any client that will conform to its typically platform-independent interface.

A service available on the Web that is platform-independent, self-describing, discoverable, and accessible using a standard communications framework.

It is “a software application identified by a URI, whose interfaces and binding are capable of being defined, described, and discovered by XML artifacts, and supports direct interactions with other software applications using XML-based messages via Internet-based applications’’ (W3C). A Web service implements a functionality (e.g., BookOrder and WeatherForecast) that users and other peers invoke by submitting appropriate messages to this Web service. The life cycle of a Web service could be summarized with five stages namely description, publication, discovery, invocation, and composition. Briefly, providers describe their Web services and publish them on dedicated registries. Potential consumers (i.e., requesters) interact with these registries to discover relevant Web services, so they could invoke them. In case the discovery fails, i.e., requests cannot be satisfied by any single Web service, the available Web services may be composed to satisfy the consumer’s request.

An autonomous function designed to allow interoperability between heterogonous systems. It is deployed by the provider to be consumed by end users.

A software-based solution for system integration and communication between different applications.

A software system identified by a URI, whose public interfaces and bindings are defined and described using XML.

Software application that can be discovered, described, and accessed based on XML and standard Web protocols over intranets, extranets, and the Internet.

Defined by W3C as a “software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network”.

A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network.

The server end of a client–server system for machine-to-machine interaction via the World Wide Web.

Collection of protocols and standards used for exchanging data between applications or systems: software applications written in various programming languages and running on various platforms can use Web services to exchange data over computer networks like the Internet in a manner similar to inter-process communication on a single computer.

A software component or procedure in the Internet that can be called by other software programs; the component and its usage conditions may be announced in a registry. Input and output arguments, as well as service level agreements, are described with XML.

A web service is a set of related activities that produce a function to consumer of the service. Web service provided via Internet or Intranet. In a simplistic sense, a web service is described by pre-conditions (inputs) and post-conditions (outputs).

In its simplest definition, a web service is a set of computer codes that enables communication between software applications.

A computational entity that is accessible over the Internet, using Web service standards and protocols.

Web Services are a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. It uses SOAP protocol and XML messages to receive request and offer responses. The key feature of the web services is that they are loosely coupled, allows ad-hoc and dynamic binding and are reusable software components.

A Web service is a service made available within an organization or between organizations at the level of computers connected by in intranet or across the Internet using specialized standards including WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI.

A software entity provided over the Web that can expose a number of functionalities.

A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. A Web service has an interface that is described in a machine-processable format. Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner specified by its interface via messages which are usually conveyed using the HTTP protocol. Software applications written in various programming languages and running on various platforms can use Web services to exchange data over a computer network. OASIS and W3C are the main standard bodies responsible for the architecture of Web services.

A Web Service allows two resources to communicating each other over a network Internet for transferring machine readable file formats such as XML and JSON in a manner prescribed by its interface.

It a software system designed to support an interoperable interaction between computers over a computer network.

A network enabled entity that has a well defined interface, designed to support interoperable interactions and flexible application integration over the network.

is a software component representing a service which is deployed in the Web platform supporting automatic interaction between machines over a network.

A technology for realising software services.

It is a paradigm that allows interaction between applications distantly via the Internet and thus independently of the platforms and the languages that they use.

Web services are self-contained, modular applications that can be described, published, located, and accessed over network by using open standards. The functionality of the individual Web service is limited and cannot satisfy some practical requirements. The potential of Web services can only be achieved if they are used to dynamically compose some new Web services that provide more sophisticated functionalities compared to existing ones. The Web service composition is a highly complex task, and it is already beyond the human capability to deal with the whole process manually. Some methods for automatic composition and management of Web services have been proposed. They are conducted to fall into the realm of workflow composition or artificial intelligence planning methods.

Is a software component or application that can be described by XML artifacts. The web services use XML messages to interact with other software components or applications.

A technology that enables the provisioning of functionality, at an application level or at a business level, by means of a standardized interface in such a way that it is easily invoked via Internet-protocols.

A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. It has an interface described in a machine-readable format (specifically WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP-messages, typically conveyed using HTTP with an XML serialization in conjunction with other Web-related standards.

Taking the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)’s definition, a Web service is a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. It has an interface described in a machine-processable format (specifically WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP-messages, typically conveyed using HTTP with an XML serialization in conjunction with other Web-related standards.

A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network, defined by the W3C consortium.

A web service allows remote systems to interact with each other.

A standardized way of integrating Web-based applications using open standards over an Internet protocol backbone.

A software system designed to support machine-to-machine interaction over the World Wide Web (Wikipedia, 2007).

A software service that executes typically on a remote computer and that can be accessed by clients over the Internet. A Web service is based on standards such as the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and, thus, provides interoperable interactions over the network.

A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. It has an interface described in a machine-process able format (specifically WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP-messages, typically conveyed using HTTP with an XML serialisation in conjunction with other Web-related standards.

A standardized network for machine-to-machine data exchange. The communication procedure between a service requester and a service provider is based on three standards: Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI), Web Services Description Language (WSDL), and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).

Is a software service that complies with certain standards (Allen, 2005). It is a self-describing, self-contained, modular unit of software application logic that provides defined business functionality. Web service is consumable software service that typically includes some combination of business logic and data. Web services can be aggregated to establish a larger workflow or business transaction. Inherently, the architectural components of Web services support messaging, services description, registries, and loosely coupled interoperability.

- A Service is a software entity provided by a Service Provider. It performs an action (based on inputs) on behalf of a Service Requestor and provides a result (output).

Defined by the W3C as a software system, it is designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over the Internet. Thus, a Web service is a self-contained, encapsulated software functionality provided to be used on-demand through standardized interfaces

A program whose interface and connectivity can be defined and described in a machine-processable format usually specified in Web Service Description Language. All web services are APIs. Advantages of using web services are interoperability, usability, reusability, deployability, and cost.