MS exec calls for innovative Web services
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Rather than expect dramatic evolutions, programmers should utilize the Web services "plumbing" already in place, such as SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and XML Schema, and focus on applications, SOAP co-founder and current Microsoft executive Don Box said during a keynote speech here on Thursday.
Speaking at the XML Web Services One conference, Box, an architect at Microsoft, urged developers to focus on innovations at the application level. "Unless you're a big platform vendor, the place where you should be thinking about innovating is applications. The plumbing is boring" and is nearly completed, Box said. He cited the recently announced Google Web APIs service, for conducting searches over Google from within applications, as an example of an exciting application.