Presents your XML AND WEB SERVICES E-NEWSLETTER for October 6, 2003 <-------------------------------------------> BETTER UNDERSTAND WEB SERVICES WITH SOA Understanding service-oriented architecture (SOA) can help programmers immeasurably in better understanding, and therefore, better developing, Web services applications. Service-oriented programming focuses on the same system integration issues that are the central focus--and the central obstacle--of Web services development projects. To master Web services, you must grasp the basic design paradigm of SOA, as well as the specific guidelines of the Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) standard for service directory integration. Get these rather laboriously labeled concepts down, and you're ready to start creating plug-and-play network services and applications using conventional development tools, such as Java. This article discusses the basic SOA concept and explains how it applies to Web services and how UDDI fits into the equation when you're using Java as your development language. Find out how to become a grand master of Web services development by incorporating the lessons of SOA into your application designs. http://ct.com.com/click?q=3b-XhSVINdoK7IKE2u9EFyy8xlUXL3e ----------------------------------------