Introduction to Web services architecture
K. Gottschalk, Scott Graham, Heather Kreger, James Snell · IBM Systems Journal · 2002
This paper introduces the major components of, and standards associated with, the Web services architecture. The different roles associated with the Web services architecture and the programming stack for Web services are described. The architectural elements of Web services are then related to a real-world business scenario in order to illustrate how the Web services approach helps solve real business problems.