Architecting Web Services

"Architecting Web Services" is targeted at developers and technical architects who have heard about, and even started to work with Web services. It starts with a background on their usage and significance to future collaborative efforts via the Internet and steps through the architecture, model, design, and implementation of real-life scenarios. Finally, the book takes a look at the future of Web services through vendor developments and standards initiatives. Provided with the book is a public Website that not only contains all source code, but also exposes live Web services so that developers can access them in their own applications. About the author: William L. Oellermann, Jr. is the Chief Architect for Ericsson's eBusiness Solution Center. He has over nine years of experience with the IT industry in both a corporate and consultant capacity, and has worked extensively with XML in production applications for integration and e-Commerce.