ASP.NET Web Service
In this article we are reading about “ ASP.NET Web Service ” . A Web Service is a software program that uses XML to exchange information with other software via common internet protocols. In a simple sense, Web Services are a way for interacting with objects over the Internet. A web service is Language Independent. Protocol Independent. Platform Independent. It assumes a stateless service architecture. Scalable (e.g. multiplying two numbers together to an entire customer-relationship management system). Programmable (encapsulates a task). Based on XML (open, text-based standard). Self-describing (metadata for access and use). Discoverable (search and locate in registries)- ability of applications and developers to search for and locate desired Web services through registries. This is based on UDDI. Web Service History Microsoft coined the term “Web services” in June 2000, when the company introduced Web services as a key component of its .Net initiative, ...