Web services refer to modular platform-independent and language-independent system functionality that is based on open standards and used on demand to support business solutions. However, the term "Web services" is somewhat ambiguous because it describes solutions within related but different areas, including business-to-business integration (B2Bi), enterprise application integration (EAI), and basic services based on remote procedure calls (RPC). This article explains the differences between basic and collaborative Web services and describes the benefits of developing Web services with electronic business Extensible Markup Language (ebXML) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) technology.
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