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:

Of course, there is more to Web Services. The articles listed below provide an overview.

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	Web Services definition
	Service-oriented architecture (SOA) definition
	Web Services explained
	Web Services specifications Models and metamodels Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM) Model Driven Architecture (MDA) Business Process Modeling Language (BPML) Web Services Component Model (WSCM) Web Services Resource Framework (WSRF) WS Choreography Model Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) Repository Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) ebXML Registry Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) 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 Web Services Framework (ID-WSF) Identity Service Interface Specifications (ID-SIS) User interface User Interface Markup Language (UIML) Web Services Experience Language (WSXL) Web Services for Interactive Applications (WSIA) Web Services User Interface (WSUI) Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) 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 Chemistry Industry Data eXchange (CIDX) Hewlett-Packard IBM MathWeb.org Microsoft NASA NetLedger 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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