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<sect1 id="zend.service.introduction">
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>
        <classname>Zend_Service</classname> is an abstract class which serves as a
        foundation for web service implementations, such as <acronym>SOAP</acronym> or REST.
    </para>

    <para>
        If you need support for generic, <acronym>XML</acronym>-based REST services, you may want
        to look at <link linkend="zend.rest.client"><classname>Zend_Rest_Client</classname></link>.
    </para>

    <para>
        In addition to being able to extend the <classname>Zend_Service</classname> and
        use <classname>Zend_Rest_Client</classname> for REST-based web services, Zend also
        provides support for popular web services. See the following sections
        for specific information on each supported web service.
    </para>

    <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.akismet">Akismet</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.amazon">Amazon</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.audioscrobbler">Audioscrobbler</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.delicious">Del.icio.us</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.ebay">Ebay</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.flickr">Flickr</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.livedocx">LiveDocx</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.nirvanix">Nirvanix</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.recaptcha">ReCaptcha</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.short-url">ShortUrl</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.slideshare">SlideShare</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.strikeiron">StrikeIron</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.technorati">Technorati</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.twitter">Twitter</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.windowsazure">Windows Azure</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <link linkend="zend.service.yahoo">Yahoo!</link>
            </para>
        </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>
        Additional services are coming in the future.
    </para>
</sect1>
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