Web service

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004613",
  "term": "Web service",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "term_source": "Web Service",
  "definition": "A software component or system designed to support interoperable machine- or application- oriented interaction over a network. A Web service has an interface described in a machine-processable format (specifically WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP messages, typically conveyed using HTTP with an XML serialization in conjunction with other Web-related standards.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-95 from Open Grid Services Architecture Glossary of Terms",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/web-service/"
}