webservice is a technology that allows 2 (usually remote) systems to communicate with each other independent of what language/platform they are running on. The information that is traded is XML and the protocol is usually SOAP.
Check http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_services.html or google 'web services' for more high level explanations. An example of web services is if I wanted to start my own website that automatically showed the current weather. When the page was called, my Java servlet, for example, would call a web service that would return me an XML doc with the data I need to display. It's a way for indepedent businesses to easily communicate. --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I mean is it something you can't do on a local host? If so what is i by > definition Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
