What and why Web Services? The need for independent, and yet interoperable, pieces leads us to a service oriented architecture (SOA) and the changes we see beginning in application architecture. Web Services let us meet the desire for direct user interaction with systems via the web, taking advantage of: Extensible Markup Language (XML) Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Universal Description, Discovery & Integration (UDDI) Vendor-supplied interfaces Web Service "wrappers" Existing and Pending Web Services Consumer oriented web service documentation Note: Requires Confluence login. You may need to follow the link twice. Web Services project activities Web Services presentation with notes (Microsoft PowerPoint document) Web Services related documents (including presentation in other formats) Web Services glossary of terms Security Statement - Authentication, Authorization, and Trust