Resumen
The article focuses on the problems faced by Web services users that are being ignored by providers. Within the community developing the Web services architecture and products, a disjointed message is emerging. It points to a serious problem for potential users, as well as for platform vendors. If they don't address this confusion now, we're likely to see a real clash between user expectations and platform characteristics, as Web services systems begin to roll out in the near future. Web services marketing materials assure us that Web services offer unparalleled interoperability and comprehensive standards for associated technologies. Vendors routinely portray Web services as a seamless interconnection layer that will propel computer-to-computer commerce to a previously unattainable level of interoperability and integration. In contrast, the technology development community emphasizes facts on the ground and Vogels' essay reflected the realities of an architecture focused on document exchange being used to access back-end servers.