The buzz word Web Services just got more buzzy recently. That is with a 'b' not 'f'. OASIS just released the specifications for three, count them, more services. WS-Coordination, WS-AtomicTransaction and WS-BusinessActivity. In the article, "OASIS Introduces Three More Web Services Specs" at SDTimes, they discusses the new services.
I've been getting into the web services arena recently and find that the maze of complexity with all the Web Services specifications can be mind boggling. Go to the OASIS site and peruse the maze yourself, here. I like Yahoo's approach. They use REST because it works and is simpler. They do not do SOAP. They do not intend to support SOAP. I think Amazon.com has a similar philosophy towards web services.
The new services require that all vendors build their own support for the new services. The article discusses how iTunes, Amazon.com have heterogeneous services for e-commerce purposes that are not necessarily standards based. You have to work within the context of their services infrastructure.
Ok, so what problem are the new services solving if iTunes, Amazon.com, Google, Yahoo and others are doing so well today? Your answer or guess is as good as mine. One key note about the SDTimes article, the new specs are part of the Windows Communications Foundation that will part of the forthcoming Windows Vista release.
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