Brussels event to examine question of 'Will web services revolutionise e-commerce?'

A conference organised by an EU-funded research project will tackle the question of 'Will web services revolutionise e-commerce?' in Brussels on 6 February 2002.

The event, organised by the Diffuse project which is supported under the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme of the European Commission's Fifth Framework Programme for research, FP5, will examine questions such as the role of web services for business and the citizen, technical issues and standards and how web services can help to lay the foundation for the information technology infrastructure of the future.

The Diffuse (dissemination of informal and formal useful specifications and experiences to research, technology development and demonstration communities) project was set up in February 2000 to provide a single entry point for up-to-date reference and guidance information on standards and specifications that facilitate the electronic exchange of information. Each week, the Diffuse service is accessed by over 4000 sites from more than 130 countries.For further information about the event, please contact:

http://www.diffuse.org/event2.html(opens in new window)

To view the Diffuse guide to web services which accompanies the conference announcement, please consult the following web address:

http://www.diffuse.org/WebServices.html(opens in new window)

For further information about the Diffuse project, please consult the following web address:

http://www.diffuse.org/diffuse.html(opens in new window)