UID:
almahu_9949697322202882
Format:
1 online resource (395 p.)
Edition:
1st edition
ISBN:
1-281-02260-8
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9786611022600
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0-08-052095-2
Content:
This is a soup-to-nuts reference guide on all aspects of Web Services - where Web Services is a fast emerging set of Internet-specific middleware technology to further promote the growth of all aspects of e-business via standardization, collaboration and ""franchising."" This book is best characterized as an executive brief for IT and senior management rather than a nuts-and-bolts technical guide for portal implementers. Think of it as the ""Cliffs Notes on Web Services."" Given this audience, the book consistently focuses on business needs, value propositions, ROI, proven solutions and act
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Web Services: Theory and Practice; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Web Services: What, Why, and Where?; 1.1 What are Web services?; 1.2 Why there is a need for Web services; 1.3 When to implement Web services; 1.4 How to create and use Web services; 1.5 Q&A: A time to recap and reflect; Chapter 2. XML-The Backbone of Web Services; 2.1 XML from 33,000 feet; 2.2 What XML is all about; 2.3 The very basics of XML; 2.4 Contrasting XML against HTML; 2.5 DTDs and XML schema; 2.6 XSL and XSL: Making XML presentable; 2.7 XML editors and XML APIs
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2.8 WSDL in a nutshell2.9 Q&A: A time to recap and reflect; Chapter 3. Microsoft's Web Services; 3.1 The real and not-so-real issues; 3.2 The .NET initiative; 3.3 The pivotal .NET offerings; 3.4 Microsoft's .NET passport; 3.5 HailStorm; 3.6 Q&A: A time to recap and reflect; Chapter 4. Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration; 4.1 The rationale and motivation for UDDI; 4.2 The UDDI model; 4.3 How UDDI has evolved; 4.4 UDDI implementations-UBR and otherwise; 4.5 Security and integrity in relation to UDDI implementations; 4.6 Q&A: A time to recap and reflect; Chapter 5. SOAP
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5.1 SOAP: The genesis and evolution5.2 SOAP: The overall model; 5.3 SOAP messages; 5.4 SOAP implementations; 5.5 Q&A: A time to recap and reflect; Chapter 6. Java and Web Services; 6.1 Java: An overview; 6.2 The Java 2 platforms; 6.3 Java support for Web services; 6.4 Web services-related Java implementations; 6.5 Java in relation to .NET relative to Web services; 6.6 Q&A: A time to recap and reflect; Chapter 7. Deploying and Managing Web Services; 7.1 Web services: The risk assessment; 7.2 Security considerations for Web services; 7.3 A predeployment checklist for Web services
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7.4 The platform issue-yet again7.5 Managing it all; 7.6 Q&A: A time to recap and reflect; Chapter 8. Taking Stock of Web Services; 8.1 Web services. A SWOT analysis; 8.2 What is the real cost of implementing Web services?; 8.3 The last hurrah in terms of the advantages of Web services; 8.4 Q&A. A final reprise and recap; Acronyms; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-55558-282-6
Language:
English
