... properties from other applications without concern about how the other applications were built. .NET is about XML Web services. XML Web Services are programmatic. You can think of Web Services as ... .NET Framework is an environment for designing, developing, deploying, and running XML Web services, Web applications, NT services, and Windows applications, among others. The .NET Framework ... different types of applications, from Web services to Windows applications to mobile applications and everything in between. We can now create components and integrate them fully with Web services...