Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Philosophical Split Hurts Web Services Adoption

Posted by timothy on from the so-many-to-choose-from dept.

Avidwriter writes "'There is a serious split in Web services implementation philosophy that is threatening to stall the benefits of the technology to businesses and consumers,' says this Devchannel story. 'The WSDL 1.1 specification allows programmers to choose between remote procedure call (RPC) style and document-style Web services. The decision is not an arbitrary one, as it has ramifications for both message structure and more importantly the interoperability of Web services...'"

1 of 25 comments (clear)

  1. DOD project? by djmitche · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did anyone catch the (hard-to-miss) part about the DOD project that's trying to fit terrorists into some ontology that also includes "plants" and "animals"? That's so insane, I don't know whether to laugh or cry..

    P.S. Yes, I read the article. Sorry. (slinks away in shame)