Web Services
Articles and resources about web services and their implication for government.
- Why clouds and web services will continue to take over computing
- Part 3 of the series, "What are the chances for a free software cloud?", by Andy Oram. O'Reilly Radar, 17 December 2010. "... the pros and cons of using cloud computing and web services, and why they add up to a ringing endorsement. That will help me get to the question that really concerns this article: what can we do to preserve freedom in the cloud? ..."
- Resolving the contradictions between web services, clouds, and open source
- Part 1 of the series, "What are the chances for a free software cloud?" by Andy Oram. O'Reilly Radar, 13 December 2010. "... The trend toward remote computing--web services and the vaguely defined cloud computing--promises another appealing kind of freedom: freedom from having to buy server hardware and set up operations, freedom from installations and patches and upgrades, freedom in general from administrative tasks. Of course, these advantages are merely convenience, not the kind of freedom championed by the free software movement. Together with the mobile revolution (not just programs on cell phones, but all kinds of sensors, cameras, robots, and specialized devices for recording and transmitting information) free software and remote computing are creating new environments for us to understand information, ourselves, and each other..."
- Web Services Policy Primer and Guidelines for Authors: Working Drafts
- W3C, 10 August 2007. "The Web Services Policy Working Group released two updated Working Drafts. The Primer introduces the policy language and policy attachment mechanisms. The Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors provide best practices for creating policy assertions. Both are companions to the Web Services Policy 1.5 Framework and Attachment specifications..."
- Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 2.0 Is a Proposed Recommendation
- W3C, 23 May 2007. "W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 to Proposed Recommendation in three parts: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Core Language and Part 2: Adjuncts. Comments are welcome through 20 June. WSDL models and describes modular Web services and is used to document distributed systems and to automate communication between applications..."
- Web 3.0: When Web Sites Become Web Services
- Written by Alex Iskold. Read Writer Web, March 19, 2007. "... What we mean by 'Web 3.0' is that major web sites are going to be transformed into web services - and will effectively expose their information to the world..."
- Last Call: Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 2.0
- W3C, 27 March 2007. "The Web Services Description Working Group released three Last Call Working Drafts for the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Core Language and Part 2: Adjuncts. Comments are welcome through 15 April on this brief Last Call for changes since Candidate Recommendation review. WSDL RDF Mapping and SOAP 1.1 Binding are updated Working Drafts. WSDL 2.0 models and describes modular Web services and is used to document distributed systems and to automate communication between applications..."
- Web Services Policy 1.5: Candidate Recommendations
- W3C, 30 March 2007. "The Web Services Policy Working Group has published updated Candidate Recommendations for Web Services Policy 1.5 documenting their progress. The Policy Framework model expresses the nature of Web services in order to convey conditions for their interaction. Attachment defines how to associate policies, for example within WSDL or UDDI, with subjects to which they apply. The group published updated Working Drafts of the Primer, Guidelines and Element Identifiers as well. Candidate Recommendation feedback is welcome through 30 June..."
- Web Services Policy 1.5: Call for Implementations
- W3C, 28 February 2007. "W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Web Services Policy 1.5 to Candidate Recommendation. The Policy Framework defines a model for expressing the nature of Web services in order to convey conditions for their interaction. Attachment defines how to associate policies, for example within WSDL or UDDI, with subjects to which they apply. Candidate Recommendation feedback is welcome through 30 June..."
- Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema Is a Candidate Recommendation
- W3C, 26 January 2007. "W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema to Candidate Recommendation. With these attributes, semantic annotations can be added to Web Services Description Language (WSDL) components for use in classifying, discovering, matching, composing, and invoking Web services. Feedback is welcome through 1 March. The group also released an updated Working Draft of the companion Usage Guide. Read about Web services.."
- Last Call: Web Services Policy 1.5
- W3C, 17 November 2006. "The Web Services Policy Working Group has released Last Call Working Drafts of Web Services Policy 1.5. Comments are welcome through 12 January. The Policy Framework defines a model for expressing the nature of Web services in order to convey conditions for their interaction. Attachment defines how to associate policies, for example within WSDL or UDDI, with subjects to which they apply. Changes in these drafts include ignorable policy assertions, an Internet media type, and a request for feedback on adding versioning guidance..."
- Web Services Policy 1.5: Working Drafts
- W3C, 2 November 2006. "The Web Services Policy Working Group has released updated Working Drafts of Web Services Policy 1.5. The Policy Framework defines a model for expressing the nature of Web services in order to convey conditions for their interaction. Attachment defines how to associate policies, for example within WSDL or UDDI, with subjects to which they apply..."
- Web Services Policy 1.5: Working Drafts
- W3C, 27 September 2006. "The Web Services Policy Working Group has released updated Working Drafts of Web Services Policy 1.5. The Policy Framework defines a model for expressing the nature of Web services in order to convey conditions for their interaction. Attachment defines how to associate policies, for example within WSDL or UDDI, with subjects to which they apply."
- At your service
- Forget buying software; build your next application from existing components, By Joab Jackson. Government Computer News, 24 April 2006. "... Although the phrase "Web services" is not synonymous with service-oriented architecture, using a Web services framework sets the stage for easily sharing components. In fact, thinking of your ap- plications as services that can be loosely coupled together is the first step in developing an SOA..."
This category last updated: 18 July 2008