Web Services Explained Web Service can be defined as 1. Method of communication between two devices over network 2. Is a collection of standards or protocols for exchanging information between two devices or application. 3. Web service is a language independent way of communication. For example, java application can interact with Java, .Net and PHP applications. Types of Web Services There are mainly two types of web services. 1. SOAP web services. 2. RESTful web services. SOAP Web Services SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol. It is a XML-based protocol for accessing web services. SOAP is a W3C recommendation for communication between two applications.It is platform independent and language independent. By using SOAP, you will be able to interact with other programming language applications. A dvantages of Soap Web Services WS Security : SOAP defines its own security known as WS Security. Language and Platform independ