Web Services

Like many other incipient technologies, Web services are still surrounded by a substantial level of noise. This noise results from the always dangerous combination of wishful thinking on the part of research and industry and of a lack of clear understanding of how Web services came to be. On the one hand, multiple contradictory interpretations are created by the many attempts to realign existing technology and strategies with Web services. On the other hand, the emphasis on what could be done with Web services in the future often makes us lose track of what can be really done with Web services today and in the short term. These factors make it extremely difficult to get a coherent picture of what Web services are, what they contribute, and where they will be applied. Alonso and his co-authors deliberately take a step back. Based on their academic and industrial experience with middleware and enterprise application integration systems, they describe the fundamental concepts behind the notion of Web services and present them as the natural evolution of conventional middleware, necessary to meet the challenges of the Web and of B2B application integration. Rather than providing a reference guide or a "how to write your first Web service" kind of book, they discuss the main objectives of Web services, the challenges that must be faced to achieve them, and the opportunities that this novel technology provides. Established, as well as recently proposed, standards and techniques (e.g., WSDL, UDDI, SOAP, WS-Coordination, WS-Transactions, and BPEL), are then examined in the context of this discussion in order to emphasize their scope, benefits, and shortcomings. Thus, the book is ideally suited both for professionals considering the development of application integration solutions and for research and students interesting in understanding and contributing to the evolution of enterprise application technologies.

ISBN 3540440089   Pages 376 ISBN13 9783540440086 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG   Weight (grammes) 1550 Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K   Published in Berlin Format Hardback   Series title Data-centric Systems and Applications Publication date 01 Mar 2003   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress TK   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 025.04   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

Pt. I		Conventional Middleware
1		Distributed Information Systems		3
2		Middleware		29
3		Enterprise Application Integration		67
4		Web Technologies		93
Pt. II		Web Services
5		Web Services		123
6		Basic Web Services Technology		151
7		Service coordination protocols		197
8		Service Composition		245
9		Outlook		295
		Bibliography		321
		Index		333

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