Web Services in Web Sites
The Internet is becoming both a database and a platform, with major websites becoming web services that will expose their information an dproducts to the world. Although these transformations are not smooth and will encounter legal bumps and sociability issues along the way, the metamorphosis of websites into web services is only a matter of time.
It will probably happen in two ways. First, sites can follow the example of Flickr and Amazon and offer their services through a REST API. Other websites will keep their information proprietary but will open them through services like Yahoo! Pipes. Unstructured information will make room for more structured information and pave the way for more intellegent surfing.
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