Just as Mike acknowledges a clear explanation of XRI, I will acknowledge the most concise history of web services I have ever read, Before explaining how this is done, just a brief word on the history of Web Services. Web Services are a suite of specifications that enable two (or more) different software systems to interact without knowing the details of the other’s technology. SOAP, the core specification, was released in 1998 and essentially defined a way to encapsulate data in XML. Since that Read More...