» Amazon.com Web Services
„To help stimulate Web service innovation, we now offer software developers the opportunity to integrate Amazon.com features and content directly into other web sites using either SOAP or XML over HTTP.“
Yahoo: Amazon.com Launches Web Services
„Amazon.com’s Web Services harnesses the vast array of product information already available on its web site and turns it into a resource for developers as well as users,“ said Tim O’Reilly, CEO of O’Reilly & Associates. „This is a significant leap forward in the next-generation programmable internet.“
Eine erste Anwendung:
» Amazon Light
„Amazon Light (this website) is an Amazon.com Webservices Application
This means that it is a web-based application built on Amazon.com’s XML API, built and hosted by Kokogiak Media. Or, more basically, Amazon.com is providing the data via XML, and Amazon Light is presenting it in a new way.“