Tracy Gardner introduces web services: self-describing applications, which can be discovered and accessed over the web by other applications. <a href="/issue29">issue29</a> October 2001 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/554/author-info">tracy gardner</a> Brett Burridge investigates the use of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), the XML-based protocol that is taking a leading role in the emerging area of Web Services. <a href="/issue29">issue29</a> October 2001 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/539/author-info">brett burridge</a> Manjula Patel reviews the two-day workshop on current and emerging standards for managing digital video content held in Atlanta, Georgia, 15-16 August 2001. <a href="/issue29">issue29</a> October 2001 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/601/author-info">manjula patel</a>