Introduction
"Web services provide a standard means of interoperating
between different software applications, running on a variety of
platforms and/or frameworks." [W3C, 2007]
Web Services is a big subject, however, this tutorial will look at it
from the point of view of Web Applications using SOAP messages encoded
using XML for interoperating with Web Services accessible using a WSDL
definition.
This may all seem quite complex or full of Jargon and Acronyms but the
tutorial aims to lead you gently through the processes of building a
remote web service into your web application.
This tutorial is based on the use of ASP.NET to build web applications
which incorporate results of web service calls.
Although it does not strictly fall into the category I have included an
example of using Google Maps within your web pages. The advantage of the
Google Maps interface is that it can be built into a static web page.
Try the Google Maps example.