This section introduces XML Web services created using ASP.NET. For more information on creating/exposing XML Web services, see the ASP.NET Quick Start. For more information on using XML Web services with Windows Forms see the Windows Forms and Data Access Quick Start.

The Internet is quickly evolving from today's Web sites that just deliver user interface pages to browsers to a next generation of programmable Web sites that directly link organizations, applications, services, and devices with one another. These programmable Web sites become more than passively accessed sites - they become reusable, intelligent XML Web services.

Web services is a fairly new technology that has been around for the past few years. Web services is a conduit for providing application services between disparate applications using eXtended Markup Language (XML). The web services technology we feel is finally beginning to mature a bit.

An introduction about the XML Web Services.

Currently, the limitations arising because of the differences between implementations of the SOAP specifications from Apache and Microsoft are being circumvented with in-house solutions. Third party tools can be used to test SOAP messages and WSDL for interoperability and service implementation. Meanwhile, Microsoft and IBM, longtime rivals in the Web Development industry, have been working together to resolve their differences.

An introduction about the Microsoft .NET Web Services.

In the paper, we identify a problem for certain applications wishing to use the web service paradigm to enhance interoperability: rapid, robust state maintenance. We classify two kinds of state: application state and session state. While many features are available to support session data, special mechanisms for application state maintenance are less well developed.

How to develope XML Web Services ?

Amazon.com offers several Web Services that allow developers the opportunity to integrate Amazon.com features and content directly into their Web sites. While it isn't difficult to include a Web Reference within your Visual Studio project, I'll describe the some of the details here with the specific information to access one of these services. I'll also illustrate a technique that allows you to create a DataSet from objects returned from Web Services and bind their data to a DataGrid.

Amazon.com recently released a Web Services toolkit that describes how to hook into their new Web Services to access data about books, movies, and just about any else they sell. The toolkit provides samples for Java and Perl but does not provide .NET examples.

An overview about Web Services, GXA and Web Services Enhancements.

This document presents an overview about the Web Services Architecture.

This is a introduction about the future of Web Services.

WSE is an implementation of the Web Services Architecture specifications to architect and design a new set of proposed standards for the development and deployment of XML Web services.

Web Services Enhancements 1.0 for Microsoft .NET, or WSE, is a new .NET class library for building Web services using the latest Web services protocols, including WS-Security, WS-Routing, DIME, and WS-Attachments. WSE integrates with ASP.NET Web services, offering a simple way to extend their functionality.

Welcome to today's MSDN Chat. Our topic is Advanced Web Services. Questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome.

Web services provide a means for applications to communicate over networks as seamlessly as Internet browsers do today. Their loosely-coupled architecture means quick and easy development of enterprise and business-to-business applications in a manner that is not tied to a single operating system, platform, or development tool. These resources provide programmers with the information they need to create their own Web services as well as the ability to consume other Web services.

The WSDK is a new Microsoft .NET class library for building Web services using the latest Web services protocols, including WS-Security, WS-Routing, DIME and WS-Attachments. The WSDK offers a low-level API that allows you to apply these protocols directly to individual SOAP messages being sent using HTTP.

The Microsoft MapPoint Web Service is a hosted, programmable XML Web Service that allows you to integrate high-quality maps, driving directions, distance calculations, proximity searches, and other location intelligence into your applications, business processes, and Web sites.

This powerpoint presentation is an overview about Web Services.