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web service  

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  • A Web service is an interoperable and self-describing application that can communicate with other services over the Web services platform. A Web service is an advanced technology framework for Web applications that provides high-level integration of multiple data process functions and information services hosted on different machines. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science; Web Service]

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