RE: [xml-dev] What are web services ?

> I don't agree with Michael that "web services" is as 
> meaningless a phrase as ...

I didn't say it was meaningless but it's certainly imprecise.

I have no idea what questions to ask in order to determine whether X is a
web service or not.

For example, is the thing that provides new security patches for Windows a
web service? How do I find out? Do I care?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/