Evolution and involution of web

services
Prvulescu Gheorghe Irinel
Universitatea din Craiova, Facultatea de Stiinte

Abstract

A web service is any service available on the Internet that uses a standardized XML message system
and is not linked to any operating system or computer. A few years ago, web services were not fast
enough to be considered interesting. But due to the major development of technologies in recent years,
most people and most companies have broadband (broadband) connections and have used the Web more
and more. When major platforms were able to access the Web using Web browsers, different platforms
could intercept. For these platforms to interact, Web applications have been developed.

eb services have delivered Web ap- - reuse of existing services

W plications to the next level of de-

velopment. By using web services,
your application can publish its features or
messages to everyone using the Web. Folsind
web services, the economic department based
on a Windows server can connect to another
Unix-running server.
Web services have two types of use. First,
the components of a web service are reusable.
There are things that applications need very
often. So why do we always build these things
when we can reuse them? Thats why web ser-
vices were created. Web services can provide
component applications such as currency con-
version, weather reports and even the trans-
lation of a service language. Secondly, web
services connect existing applications already.
They help solve the interoperability problem
by allowing data sharing between different
applications and platforms. These are two
major benefits of web services.
The advantages of web services are:
- interoperability between applications
- easy distribution of information among
consumers
- rapid development
Types of architectures
There are many standards and protocols,
the most used being HTTP, designed to build
web services. These standards are called the
WS- * stack. These include WS-Notification,
WS-Security, WSDL, and SOAP. But they add
a great deal of complexity to web services.
Thats why the simplicity of web technolo-
gies (HTTP protocol, URI name standard, and
XML protocol) has led to the construction of
some other services, the web services architec-
tures being divided into two main categories:
- RPC architecture (Big Web Services-
oriented)
- Resource-Oriented Architecture (REST)
Based on a common XML language (eX-
tensible Markup Language) and a common
transport protocol - HTTP (HyperText Trans-
fer Protocol), Web services act as an interme-

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diary between the two entities that want to
communicate with each other. XML is the
engine that makes it possible to transfer data
over the Internet, and is also the foundation
of Web services.
The RPC architecture allows sending and
receiving the message in a wrapper. This
wrapper can be of several types: SOAP, XML-
RPC and even HTTP. Because of this coating,
this web service style is complex. Why use a
complex type when we can use an architec-
ture as easy as the WEB architecture: REST
architecture.
Lately, more and more people are using
the Internet to make various shopping. E-
commerce means much more than mere ex-
change of goods between two people. Next,
an introduction to e-commerce.
Do you wonder what electronic commerce
means?
Electronic commerce is the transaction of
goods and services through electronic com-
munications. Although the general public
has become familiar with e-commerce only in
the last decade or so, e-commerce is in fact
around 30 years old. There are two types of
e-commerce: business-to-business (B2B) and
business-to-consumer (B2C). In B2B, compa-
nies operate with their suppliers, distribu-
tors, and other partners through electronic
networks. In B2C, companies sell products
and services to consumers. Although B2C is
better known to the general public, B2B is the
form that actually dominates e-commerce in
terms of revenue.
The concept of e-commerce is related to the
notions of internet economy and digital econ-
omy. All these concepts refer to the use of new
information and communication technologies
for economic activities but with different con-
centrations. The internet economy refers to
economic activities that generate revenue from
the internet or products, Internet-related ser-
vices. Therefore, pre-internet e-commerce, as
detailed in the next section, can not be called
Internet economy. On the other hand, some
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activities, such as the construction of Inter-
net connections for commercial purposes, are
part of the internet economy, but they are
not necessarily e-commerce. The digital econ-
omy is based on digital technologies such as
computer, software and digital networks. In
most cases, the digital economy is the same
as e-commerce. However, not all activities in
the digital economy are e-commerce activities.
E-commerce was probably one of the most
prevalent terms in this digital age. Although
e-commerce was once regarded simply as a
motorway of wealth, it actually transformed
the way people work.
E-commerce can be extremely useful and
can provide us with many advantages, for ex-
ample, the buyer can quickly make purchases
on any day and at any time, the flexibility
to choose products and services, the ability
to compare them, Of products, etc. The ad-
vantages of e-commerce are much more, both
companies and traders can win.
In Romania, e-commerce is at the begin-
ning, there are very few sites where products
can be ordered. The main products that are
marketed as well in Romania are hardware,
software, household equipment, music, books
and computer equipment . In conclusion, Ro-
mania is very low compared to other East-
ern European countries, but e-commerce in
Romania is growing. The number of Inter-
net subscribers increases, the number of card
users, mobile telephony, Internet bandwidth,
distance learning.
The most popular ecommerce sites are:
www.okazii.ro
www.emag.ro
www.price.ro
www.librarie.net
www.dol.ro
www.dc-shop.ro
In conclusion, e-commerce is growing
more and more, offering new opportunities
for both buyers and retailers or manufactur-
ers. For example, Okazii.ro to improve secu-
rity, offers buyers and sellers, free of charge,
the "Okazii.ro Guarantee" service. "Okazii.ro
Guarantee" offers buyers the return of costs
for all purchased products that are part of
their program.
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