Web Services articles and products

Web Services make up a connection technology. It is a way to connect services together into a service-oriented architecture. This site provides a background on Web Services and links to product vendors.

The primary elements of Web Services are:

Web Services are most commonly defined using the Web Services Definition Language (WSDL). That definition is stored in repositories. The most common form of messaging to communicate with a repository is SOAP¹. SOAP uses XML. The most common registry is the Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) registry. It is intended to eventually serve as a means of "discovering" Web Services described using WSDL . The idea is that the UDDI registry can be searched in various ways to obtain contact information and the Web Services available for various organizations. SOAP provides the envelope for sending messages over the Internet/Internet. SOAP commonly uses HTTP, but other protocols such as Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) may by used. SOAP can be used to exchange complete documents or to call a remote procedure.

Of course, there is much more to discuss on this topic. The articles mentioned in the next section provide an overview.

¹Starting with SOAP Version 1.2, SOAP no longer is an acronym standing for Simple Object Access Protocol. It is simply "SOAP."

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