Web Services articles

Web Services make up a connection technology. It is a way to connect services together into a service-oriented architecture. Primary elements of Web Services are:

• Repository
• Messaging
• Service

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• Web Services definition
• Service-oriented architecture (SOA) definition
• Web Services explained
• Web Services specifications
  • Models and metamodels
    • Business Process Modeling Language (BPML)
    • Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
    • Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM)
    • Model Driven Architecture (MDA)
    • Web Services Component Model (WSCM)
    • Web Services Resource Framework (WSRF)
    • WS Choreography Model
  • Repository
    • Directory Services Markup Language (DSML)
    • ebXML Registry
    • Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI)
  • Messaging
    • Messaging components
    • Messaging specifications
    • Transaction specifications
  • Service
    • Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
    • Web Services Policy Framework (WS-Policy)
    • Web Services Dynamic Discovery (WS-Discovery)
    • Web Services Metadata Exchange (WS-MetaDataExchange)
    • Web Services Endpoint Language (WSEL)
  • Security and authorization
    • eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML)
    • eXtensible rights Markup Language (XrML)
    • Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
    • Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML)
    • Web Services Security (WSS)
    • XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF)
    • XML Key Management Specification (XKMS)
  • Federated network identity
    • Identity Federation Framework (ID-FF)
    • Identity Service Interface Specifications (ID-SIS)
    • Identity Web Services Framework (ID-WSF)
  • User interface
    • User Interface Markup Language (UIML)
    • Web Services Experience Language (WSXL)
    • Web Services for Interactive Applications (WSIA)
    • Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP)
    • Web Services User Interface (WSUI)
  • Workflow
    • Business Centric Methodology (BCM)
    • Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)
    • Business Process Query Language (BPQL)
    • Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS)
    • Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
    • Business Transaction Protocol (BTP)
    • Collaboration Protocol Profile/Agreement (CPP/A)
    • Content Assembly Mechanism (CAM)
    • RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF)
    • Partner Interface Process (PIP)
    • Web Services Flow Language (WSFL)
    • Wf-XML
    • WS Choreography Description Language (CDL)
    • XLANG
  • Application servers
    • J2EE
    • .NET
  • Object programming languages
    • C++
    • C#
    • Java
• Prior Service-Oriented Architecture specifications
  • DCOM
  • CORBA
    • Object Request Broker (ORB)
    • OMG Interface Definition Language (IDL)
• Organizations
  • Consortia
    • Cross-industry consortia
    • Industry consortia
  • Individual contributing organizations
    • Academia Sinica Computing Centre (ASCC)
    • BEA (acquired by Oracle)
    • Chemistry Industry Data eXchange (CIDX)
    • Hewlett-Packard
    • IBM
    • MathWeb.org
    • Microsoft
    • NASA
    • NetSuite
    • The OpenMath Society
    • OpenWDDX.org
    • Thai Open Source Software Center
    • WSUI Working Group
    • www.xml-cml.org
  • Standards organizations
    • Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12
    • ECMA
    • Health Level Seven (HL7)
    • InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
    • International Imaging Industry Association (I3A)
    • United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT)
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