Web Services Resources and References

Web Services Portals

The following portals contain a variety of Web Services sites with news, technical articles, and white papers. They not only provide some technical resources, but also references to other Web Services links. They are good starters.


ebXML.org. http://www.ebxml.org/
LearnXMLWS. http://www.vbws.com/
O'Reilly XML.com. http://www.xml.com/
SOAPRPC. http://www.soaprpc.com/
Value-added Web Service Suppliers. http://www.vawss.org/
Web Services Architect. http://www.webservicesarchitect.com/resources.asp
WebServices.org. http://www.webservices.org/

Web Services News

The following Web sites contain many news and product updates related to Web Services. Some of them provide email alerts for subscription.

CBDiForm. http://www.cbdiforum.com/report.php3?topic_id=9

CFOInfo. http://team.cfoinfo.com/ (Original website is www.cfoinfo.com, Now has moved. Login user id=s2b, password=shaston)

ecademy. http://www.theecademy.com/node.php?id=318

I.T. Director. http://www.it-director.com/ts-section.php?section=17 (or select Web Services column)

I.T. Works. http://www.itworks.be/webservices/

OASIS. http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/sgmlnew.html

SearchWebServices. http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/

TheServerSide. http://www.theserverside.com/home/index.jsp

The Stencil Group. http://www.stencilgroup.com/ideas_scope_wsindex.html

TopXML. http://www.topxml.com/

W3C. http://www.w3.org/2001/03/WSWS-popa/

XML Web Services Magazine. http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/

XMLHack. http://www.xmlhack.com/

Xmethods. http://www.xmethods.net/
XML.org. http://www.xml.org/xml/news_market.shtml

Development Platforms and Tools, Including Tutorials and Articles

These Web sites contain good online tutorials and technical articles, from technology overview to specific technical details. Some of them have sample codes for download.

Advisor. http://advisor.com/Articles.nsf/vTechLookup!OpenView&RestrictToCategory=Web%20Services

Eclipse. http://www.eclipse.org/

IBM Web Services (developerWorks). http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/

Microsoft Web Services. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28000442

Sun Microsystems's Java™ Technology and Web Services. http://java.sun.com/webservices/

Sun ONE Studio™ (Forte). http://wwws.sun.com/software/sundev/index.html