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title: Introduction
framework: networking
role: article
path: apple-archive/documentation/Networking/Conceptual/UsingWebservices/Introduction
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# Introduction

Explains how to use the new Web Services client-side frameworks available in OS X.

## Organization of This Document

This document consists of two chapters:

- [About Web Services](../Overview/Overview.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000985-CH100-SW1)—a brief introduction to standard methods of exchanging information with remote servers and a general discussion of the web services API. - [Using the Web Services Core Framework](../Tasks/Tasks.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000985-CH101-SW1)—step-by-step examples for accessing web services from a procedural C or Cocoa application using the Web Services Core framework

## See Also

- *Web Services Core Reference*—the reference to the Web Services Core framework functions, callbacks, data types, constants, and error codes. - *[XML-RPC and SOAP Programming Guide](../../../../AppleScript/Conceptual/soapXMLRPC/chapter1/soapXMLRPC_intro.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001126)*—a guide to using AppleScript and Apple events to obtain access to web services. - *[Event-Driven XML Programming Guide](../../../../Cocoa/Conceptual/XMLParsing/XMLParsing.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000186i)*—how to use `NSXMLParser` to read in and parse XML. - [Using SOAP with PHP](http://developer.apple.com/internet/webservices/soapphp.html)—instructions for writing SOAP clients and servers using PHP. - [Web Services with AppleScript and PERL](http://developer.apple.com/internet/applescript/applescripttoperl.html)—A guide to using AppleScript to access web services and to creating a server using PERL.

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