XML, Web services, and the data revolution

Author: Frank P. Coyle
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Publication Date: 2003-03-01
Features: XML and XML-based Web services have been a significant development in IT technology over the past 20 years and are gradually entering the lives and work of most people in the Internet industry. This book profoundly reveals the role of XML in the upcoming data revolution and its real value in building distributed information systems; it explains how XML changes the way data is managed and software systems are built. The book primarily includes the following content: XML and its role in enterprise expansion, the XML technology series, practical applications, and security; how .NET and J2EE meet the requirements of Web service transaction processing and security; ebXML and process-based Web interactions; how to leverage the role of traditional mainframe-based applications; and the prospects for peer-to-peer computing Web services. The content of the book is vivid, rich, and introduces new technologies in plain language, making it highly suitable for reading by technical experts, managers, and system architects.