Patrick Gannon

Thankfully, the myth that Web services standards begin and end with SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI is fast dissolving. Most developers now appreciate that mission-critical Web services must also extend to include standards in security, resource management, remote application access, choreography, semantics, and much more. A number of consortia and industry groups are defining the expanding scope of Web services standards. The two major standards-setting bodies for Web services are the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). (WS-I, the Web Services Interoperability Organization, does not develop standards; its mission is to provide guidance, best practices, and resources for developing solutions. WS-I's deliverables [profile definitions, testing tools and sample applications] are based on the stand... (more)

Introducing XML or Non-XML Based Creative Modeler In Microsoft .NET

Creative Modeler is a full-featured diagramming environment that can be extended to create any type of diagram. It includes a data translation engine that facilitates the editing and conversion of data in any structured file format into any other structured file format (XML or non-XML). The automation API is based on .NET and XML/XSL. This article will discuss how Creative Modeler can be used to edit arbitrary data in a visual format. Data Translation The data translation engine built into Creative Modeler supports converting data from source (non-XML) formats into XML formats, an... (more)