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Enterprise Semantics: Aligning Service-Oriented Architecture with the Business

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:00:00 EDT

Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) are a significant step forward in aligning information technology with business goals. But SOAs are insufficient when the Web services of which they are typically composed use inconsistent terminologies and present different understandings of the real-world environment that they are meant to support.

Semantic Discovery for Web Services

Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:00:00 EST

The Web services vision of loosely coupled interaction between components, programs, and applications is already beginning to create impressive efficiencies of scale in business integration. The notion of a Web service registry such as UDDI is helping to turn this vision into a reality. Despite this, however, the comprehensive adoption of a truly dynamic discovery of Web services may still be delayed.

Building a Successful Wireless Web Site

Wed, 14 Mar 2001 14:26:00 EST

So, you've just led the successful creation of a full-featured Web site with a three-tier back end, and you've now been asked to lead the company's new wireless Web site project.

Opaque Bodies, Transparent Envelopes

Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:00:00 EDT

XML is often used to transmit messages. The tags indicate where the message should go and how it should be handled. The information transferred in the message can be XML as well.