Java Web Services and XML FeaturesItems from java.net's Java Web Services and XML community homepage.BPEL4People Specifications Integrate Human Interactions Into Business Process- June 25, 2007 Six technology vendors (Active Endpoints, Adobe, BEA Systems, IBM, Oracle, SAP AG) have announced the publication of "BPEL4People" specifications which define an approach for integrating human interactions such as concrete tasks and workflow using Web Services Business Process Execution Language 2.0. The 'WS-BPEL Extension for People (BPEL4People)' and 'Web Services Human Task (WS-HumanTask)' specifications will be contributed to OASIS for standardization.http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2007-06-25-a.html Announcing Metro - Naming the Web Services stack in GlassFish- June 20, 2007 The GlassFish V2 Web services stack consists of JAX-WS as the core platform and Project Tango (aka Web Services Interoperability Technology, WSIT) as an implementation of key WS- specifications on top of it. This stack, so far referred as "JAX-WS RI + Project Tango", now has a new name - Project Metro.http://weblogs.java.net/blog/arungupta/archive/2007/06/announcing_metr.html The Insider's Guide to Apache RampartC and OMXMLSecurity- June 20, 2007 Apache RampartC is the security module of the Apache Axis2C engine, which uses OMXMLSecurity as the XML-Security library. In this article, Kaushalye Kapuruge gives a clear view of the architecture of RampartC and OMXMLSecurity.http://wso2.org/library/1815 Mini-guide: Apache Web Services- June 20, 2007 Are you interested in SOAP, REST and WSDL Apache has recently released Axis2, its third generation Web services engine. It features a modular architecture supporting plug-in modules for easier implementation of existing, and future, Web services specifications. Ive gathered a slew of valuable resources to help point you in the right direction.http://tssblog.techtarget.com/index.php/mini-guide-apache-web-services/?track=NL-461&a... JMS-based SOA monitors CERN particle accelerators- June 20, 2007 Service-oriented architecture (SOA) may not exactly be nuclear physics, but at the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) physics laboratory on the border of France and Switzerland, an SOA system is watching over giant particle accelerators.http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci1261398,00.html?... Introduction to StAX (Streaming API for XML)- June 20, 2007 Streaming API for XML (StAX) provides more control and flexibility to those who need to process XML documents in their applications. The performance gain and the memory efficiency that can be achieved by using StAX is very important for most of the applications that use XML. This article by Eran Chinthaka gives an introduction to StAX and provides some insights into using it.http://wso2.org/library/1844 SPARQL Query Language for RDF Is a Candidate Recommendation- June 14, 2007 W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of SPARQL Query Language for RDF to Candidate Recommendation. With SPARQL (pronounced "sparkle"), developers and end users can consume search results across a wide range of information such as personal, technical, business or scientific data, social networks, or data about digital artifacts like music and images. SPARQL supports extensible value testing and constrained queries, both when data is stored as RDF natively or viewed as RDF via...http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-rdf-sparql-query-20070614/ Java Content Repository: TheServerSide Tech Brief- June 13, 2007 "Everything is content," is David Nscheler's mantra. David is the spec lead for JSRs 170 and 283, Java Content Repository, the standardized API used by most Java-based, modern content management systems. He talks about JCR, his work, and what to expect and demand of a content management system in this exclusive interview.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techtarget/tsscom/home/~3/124513583/thread.tss A New Identity for Web Services- June 13, 2007 Jason Levitt describes the newly burgeoning field of web authentication APIs, including Yahoo's BBAuth and Google's AuthSub.http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2007/06/13/a-new-identity-for-web-servies-yahoo-bbauth-google-aut... Excerpt: Ajax and Java Web Services- June 12, 2007 This chapter from "SOA Using Java Web Services" examines how to build an Ajax front-end to an online shopping application. Through detailed code examples, it walks you through building an Ajax application that consumes RESTful Java Web services endpoints.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techtarget/tsscom/home/~3/124242624/thread.tss |