[CL] notes that "Web Service" 
([WS])
is an exceptionally confusing and misleading label,
which he intends to explain here in the second half of April 2003.  In the 
meantime, ...

See  http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a//webservices/2002/02/12/webservicefaqs.html.
for info on web services.

[LV] Wow - it's three years later, and now web services are really beginning to
make an impact. More info would really be useful.  Anyone have a gentle
introduction?
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''[Bryan Oakley] notes: the above article states 'The easiest way to get started with Web services is to learn XML-RPC'.
An even easier way is to download [Gerald Lester]'s Web Services for Tcl and follow the examples. 
In maybe 15-20 minutes you can create a web service and a client to connect to that web service. 
It doesn't get much easier than that. (admittedly, the above article was written in 2002 so they can hardly be blamed 
for the oversight :-)''


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[GWL] see also Web Services for Tcl: http://members.cox.net/gerald.lester/WebServicesForTcl.html

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[LV] Gerald, if one is wanting to interact with someone's existing web service - say [Google], etc. will your client be sufficient?

What kind of information does one need to have to write an application that interacts with a web service?

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See also http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WebServices.
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See also [SOAP], [WSDL].
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