- From: Benedikt Kratz <B.Kratz@uvt.nl>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:43:06 +0200
- To: Benedikt Kratz <B.Kratz@uvt.nl>
"Web Services: Principles and Technology" by Michael P. Papazoglou Pearson - Prentice Hall, July 2007, 782 pages. Book Description ============ This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the concepts and issues in web services, looking at how they are designed, and the key technologies, and standards used. The book offers a comprehensive examination of web services which gives you all you will need to know to gain a solid foundation in this area. This book will help you to understand: * The nature of web services - what they actually are * The underlying concepts, principles, and methodologies of web services * The fundamental technologies that underpin the web services paradigm * How web services are introduced into organizations, and how they are designed, deployed and used * The key standards necessary for the development of web services Web Services: Principles and Technology is suitable for computer science students and also for professionals who need an introduction to this area. Key features to help reinforce your understanding include: * Spiral approach to build on earlier knowledge as the topics become more advanced * Numerous examples throughout demonstrate the practical application of the theory * Self-test questions, hints and tips, and discussion topics feature throughout Course material ============ Power point slides that can be downloaded and used for lectures and presentations. Downloadable solutions to selected exercises and assignments. >From the Foreword ============= "If you think that Web services are too complex to understand: rest easy, and read this unique book - it expertly weaves all relevant topics together and explains in a lucid and comprehensive manner how it all works... Once you start reading this book you will be hooked and it will be difficult to stop reading it. This book is an unputdownable read. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and I highly recommend it." - Frank Leymann Former IBM Distinguished Engineer and Past Member, IBM Academy of Technology and Professor of Computer Science and Director, Univ. of Stuttgart. >From the Back Cover =============== "This book is one of the most comprehensive treatments of web services I have seen. It covers the full gamut of concepts, principles, supporting technology and necessary infrastructure required to build a service-oriented architecture using today's advanced standards. I highly recommend this book." - Dave Chappell: author Enterprise Service Bus "This book, authored by one of the most respected experts in the web services field, is an invaluable reference for both academics and practitioners. Because of its rigor and completeness it is bound to become the definitive guide to web services technologies." - Francisco Curbera: manager, Component Systems, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center List of contents =========== I. BASICS 1. Introduction to Web Services II. ENABLING INFRASTRUCTURE 2. Distributed Computing Infrastructure 3. Brief Overview of XML III. CORE FUNCTIONALITY & STANDARDS 4. SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol 5. Describing Web Services 6. Registering and Discovering Web Services IV. NOTIFICATION & SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES 7. Reliable Messaging and Notification 8. Service-Oriented Architecture & the Enterprise Service Bus V. PROCESES, WORKFLOWS & SERVICE TRANSACTIONS 9. Web Services and Workflows 10. Web Services Transactions VI. SERVICE SECURITY & POLICIES 11. Web Services Security 12. Policies and Agreements VII. SERVICE SEMANTICS & BUSINESS PROTOCOLS 13. Semantics and Web Services 14. Business Protocols VIII. SERVICE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT 15. Web Services Development Lifecycle IX. SERVICE MANAGEMENT 16. Web Services Management X. EMERGING TRENDS 17. Recent Trends and Developments More information can be found at: ======================== http://infolab.uvt.nl/~mikep/wspt.php or by contacting the author: mikep@uvt.nl
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