Table of Contents：
Preface.
1. Introduction.
Why this guide is important. The XML & Web
Services Integration Framework (XWIF). How this guide is organized.
www.serviceoriented.ws. Contact the author.
I. THE TECHNICAL LANDSCAPE.
2. Introduction to XML technologies.
Extensible Markup Language (XML). Document Type
Definitions (DTD). XML Schema Definition Language (XSD). Extensible Stylesheet
Language Transformations (XSLT). XML Query Language (XQuery). XML Path Language
(XPath).
3. Introduction to Web services technologies.
Web services and the service-oriented
architecture (SOA). Web Services Definition Language (WSDL). Simple Object
Access Protocol (SOAP). Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
(UDDI).
4. Introduction to second-generation (WS-*)
Web services technologies.
Second-generation Web services and the
service-oriented enterprise (SOE). WS-Coordination and WS-Transaction. Business
Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS). WS-Security and the Web
services security specifications. WS-ReliableMessaging. WS-Policy.
WS-Attachments.
II. INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY.
5. Integrating XML into applications.
Strategies for integrating XML data
representation. Strategies for integrating XML data validation. Strategies for
integrating XML schema administration. Strategies for integrating XML
transformation. Strategies for integrating XML data querying.
6. Integrating Web services into
applications.
Service models. Modeling service-oriented
component classes and Web service interfaces. Strategies for integrating
service-oriented encapsulation. Strategies for integrating service assemblies.
Strategies for enhancing service functionality. Strategies for integrating SOAP
messaging.
7. Integrating XML and databases.
Comparing XML and relational databases.
Integration architectures for XML and relational databases. Strategies for
integrating XML with relational databases. Techniques for mapping XML to
relational data. Database extensions. Native XML databases.
III. INTEGRATING APPLICATIONS.
8. The mechanics of application integration.
Understanding application integration.
Integration levels. A guide to middleware. Choosing an integration path.
9. Service-oriented architectures for legacy
integration.
Service models for application integration.
Fundamental integration components. Web services and one-way integration
architectures. Web services and point-to-point architectures. Web services and
centralized database architectures. Service-oriented analysis for legacy
architectures.
10. Service-oriented architectures for
enterprise integration.
Service models for enterprise integration
architectures. Fundamental enterprise integration architecture components. Web
services and enterprise integration architectures. Hub and spoke. Messaging bus.
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
11. Service-oriented integration strategies.
Strategies for streamlining integration endpoint
interfaces. Strategies for optimizing integration endpoint services. Strategies
for integrating legacy architectures. Strategies for enterprise solution
integration. Strategies for integrating Web services security.
IV. INTEGRATING THE ENTERPRISE.
12. Thirty best practices for integrating
XML.
Best practices for planning XML migration
projects. Best practices for knowledge management within XML projects. Best
practices for standardizing XML applications. Best practices for designing XML
applications.
13. Thirty best practices for integrating Web
services.
Best practices for planning service-oriented
projects. Best practices for standardizing Web services. Best practices for
designing service-oriented environments. Best practices for managing
service-oriented development projects. Best practices for implementing Web
services.
14. Building the service-oriented enterprise
(SOE).
SOA modeling basics. SOE building blocks. SOE
migration strategy.
About the Author.
About the Photographs.
Index.