Web Services' Impact on Electronic Marketplaces : the Need for a Trusted Third Party

• This paper addresses the possible impact of Web Services in an electronic marketplace setting. The concept of Web Services suggests decentralisation and a business setting relying on automatic transactions. After outlining a Web Service scenario the paper elaborates on the implications on a ‘traditional’ third party situation of electronic commerce transactions. This is illustrated by applying the concept of Web Services to data from a conducted electronic marketplace case study. The conclusion regards a proposition that there still is a need for a trusted third party who acts as a guarantor for the involved actors’ reliability.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap -- Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Media and Communications -- Information Systems, Social aspects (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Web Services

Electronic Marketplace

Trusted Third Party

Informatics

Informatik

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