I think WebService::Mappoint would be the current recommended name for modules providing an interface to web services. (Net::Google and Net::Amazon predate the Webservice namespace.)
Tim. On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 10:33:29PM +0200, Perl Authors Upload Server wrote: > > The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > > modid: Net::Mappoint > DSLIP: bdpOp > description: Mappoint web service SOAP access library > userid: CGARCIA (Claudio Garcia) > chapterid: 15 (World_Wide_Web_HTML_HTTP_CGI) > communities: > > similar: > > rationale: > > Mappoint .NET is a MIcrosoft web service that provides a SOAP API > for creating maps and other geography related functions, such as > geocoding (obtaining latitude and longitude for a street address). > > Microsoft provides a WSDL file which describes the service and is > used by SOAP client libraries to expose its API to programs. > SOAP::Lite does not support WSDL to the extent needed by Mappoint, > thus the need for this module. > > Net::Mappoint provides a perl mapping of the complete Mappoint API. > It automatically encodes the required SOAP requests for each call in > the API, and presents Mappoint responses as nested data structures > that are easy to access. > > We chose the Net::Mappoint name because of the precedent set by > Net::Google and Net::Amazon, which provide similar APIs for Google > and Amazon web services. > > enteredby: CGARCIA (Claudio Garcia) > enteredon: Wed May 28 20:33:29 2003 GMT > > The resulting entry would be: > > Net:: > ::Mappoint bdpOp Mappoint web service SOAP access library CGARCIA > > > Thanks for registering, > -- > The PAUSE > > PS: The following links are only valid for module list maintainers: > > Registration form with editing capabilities: > > https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=18400000_4e9017ae7c973cea&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_preview=1 > Immediate (one click) registration: > > https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=18400000_4e9017ae7c973cea&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_insertit=1
