Post by alex- can have a state
A web service can have a state.
Post by alex- are in an evolving environment and can interact with it
What do you mean by this ?
Post by alex- are proactive, they do not only respond to a request, but can have a
global goal to accomplish
So, a web agent does more things than a web service: it
responds to requests but also "follows it own goal". Interesting, but
to be honest I do not understand.
A web service is always a web agent while the opposite is not
true ?
What do you understand by goal ? Please give an example of a
web agent that responds to request from client but that has another
purpose (goal) than answering those queries.
Post by alex- can interact with other agents
Intuitively, I think of a web-service as a module waiting to be called
and I think of an agent as a pro-active entity having a goal to
accomplish with the help of other agents and of web services.
I think an agent could also wrap a web service.
-alex
When exactly a client/server is a 'web agent' and when it is a
'web service' ? What makes the difference between them ?
Regards,
Razvan