http://www.karlnelson.net/weblog/000774.html Tim Bray posted a nice piece on web services and Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), specifically focusing on some very interesting work being done in Ireland: Reach is an agency of the Irish government concerned generally with government services to people and organizations, and specifically with E-Government. They are building reachservices, a large piece of E-Government portal and integration infrastructure. Bray also points to Reach's online documentation. I've skimmed over a few docs, and it looks like it's worth further invesitgations. Update: Microsoft's Pat Helland describes SOA in a short video.... en-us http://pws.prserv.net/usispsi.ke6cdh/ get a load of my fancyballs]]>