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SOA Feature - Service Provisioning via SPML in SOA

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:15:00 EDT

Provisioning is the automation of all the steps required to manage user accounts or system access facilities or data relative to electronically published services. The Provisioning Services Technical Committee (PSTC) at OASIS, the premier standards body for SOA-related standards, defined an XML-based framework named Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML) for exchanging user information, resource information, and service provisioning information in systems. In this article, we'll explore the role of SPML in managing identity and resource information in SOA environments.

Bringing Interactivity to SOA and Web Services Using AJAX

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:15:00 EDT

Asynchronous JavaScript And XML (AJAX) is a Web-development technique for creating interactive Web applications and is one way to develop Rich Internet Applications. AJAX programming techniques have recently created a lot of hype with their robustness and the way they create browser-based applications that are more interactive and fast. AJAX can send and receive data to and from the server without requiring the browser to refresh or reload.

Inducing Behavioral Adaptations Within SOA and Web Services

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:30:00 EST

Web services have evolved from plain application-integration enablers to value-added stand-alone functionality providers such as getting a quote to a comprehensive business function like processing orders. Enterprises are exploiting this new revenue model by offering such business functions as services on usage basis. Information sharing instances such as Amazon's e-commerce services have helped in the creation of new powerful solutions using business functions as services.