Tips

Tips

Microservices pattern, platforms and frameworks

• XML to DDL imports, synchronizes database schemata

  Ed Tittel discusses xml2ddl, a data integration and management tool for those using one of the supported target databases.  Continue Reading

• SOAP 1.2 Second Edition

  The April release of the SOAP 1.2 Second Edition recommendation still awaits updated information about SOAP implementations, and progress on XML protocol requirements and MTOM serialization.  Continue Reading

• So you think you know SOA?

  The new SearchWebServices.com SOA lifecycle fundamentals quiz covers tests readers on the principles of SOA as well as its planning and ROI considerations.  Continue Reading

• Omnipresent SOA

  SOA promises to transform business, turning IT from a cost center into a profit center. Yet with that comes a lot of work in driving the principles of SOA into every corner of your architecture.  Continue Reading

• Using ADO.NET and SDO for SOA data continuity

  Both ADO.NET and Service Data Objects (SDO) use XML to enable data transfer between disjointed components inside an SOA, enabling developers to create all kinds of new Web services mashups.  Continue Reading

• Creating rich Web service clients with Flash and Flex

  Flash and Flex, titans within the RIA universe, now have XML, Ajax and scripting language functionality that make them better suited for Web services development.  Continue Reading

• The concrete abstraction of the business service

  Jason Bloomberg discusses implementations, interfaces, and abstractions and the many different variations of what service really means.  Continue Reading

• Why SOA isn't going away

  Searching the horizon for signifiers that SOA won't live up to its hype has become a cottage industry, but the SOA movement continues to chug along.  Continue Reading

• The SOA data integration lifecycle

  A key to data governance inside your SOA is understanding the data integration lifecycle, which includes seven steps from access to auditing.  Continue Reading

• WADL: The REST answer to WSDL

  In order to obtain metadata description capabilities for REST, like the ones WSDL gives to SOAP, developers have created WADL (Web Application Description Language).  Continue Reading

• The multiple points of entry in SOA

  SOA projects can range far and wide, giving architects, IT managers and executives a lot to learn and organize as they pursue service orientation.  Continue Reading

• The basics of MathML 3.0

  MathML 3.0 features new Cascade Style Sheets (CSS) functionality and new XML metadata syntax for printing complex calculations.  Continue Reading

• SOA infrastructure patterns and the intermediary approach

  Ronald Schmelzer discusses the growing SOA marketplace and the importance of the underlying infrastructure in a successful SOA implementation.  Continue Reading

• SOA 101 – it's about the architecture, stupid

  SOA may not be easy to achieve, but the fundamental principle of it isn't hard to grasp – start with the architecture.  Continue Reading

• XML to the rescue: Data governance in SOA

  Many SOA installations are running into performance issues because they lack proper data governance. Ed Tittel explains how to use XML to create a data services layer.  Continue Reading