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Update: Microsoft Heralds Web Services for Devices

Time: 02:00 EST/07:00 GMT | News Source: InfoWorld | Posted By: Joshua Baer

Microsoft is leading a group of vendors proposing a specification intended to extend Web services to devices. An official at rival Sun Microsystems, however, blasted Microsoft for what Sun believes is another attempt to foist a Web services standard on the rest of the industry. Along with BEA Systems, Canon, and Intel, Microsoft on Tuesday is proposing WS-Discovery, which purports to bring the benefits of Web services to devices by enabling discovery of services, such as a laptop finding a local printer. WS-Discovery, which is being unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum event in San Francisco, describes a way for devices to find and connect to Web services in a simple, lightweight way, according to Microsoft.