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  3. March 2003

RE: AXIS and Web Services

> From: Larry
>
> It seems I *hear* a lot of blow about web services, but I sure am
> not seeing much *action*.  Perhaps 2003 is the year that changes.

The primary problem with web services is that everybody has to agree on what
the format of the message is.  It's exactly the same issue we went through
with EDI.  EDI has been around in one form or another for over 20 years, and
is it even standardized today?  Most EDI programmers would give you an
earful about exactly how "standardized" the EDI standard is (there are
currently over 300 EDI standards and guidelines).

So while the concept of web services is all well and good, until a
consortium of major players gets together to devise a standard international
message format and a directory of those standards, it's all moot.

Joe

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