"Web Services: Principles and Technology" by
Michael P. Papazoglou
Pearson - Prentice Hall, July 2007, 782 pages.
Book Description
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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
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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:
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http://infolab.
uvt.nl/~mikep/wspt.php
or by contacting the author: mikep uvt.nl
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