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Anne Thomas Manes on SOA, Governance and REST by Anne Thomas Manes Posted on Jul 25, 2007 In this interview, recorded at QCon London, Anne Thomas Manes, research director at Burton Group, talks to Stefan Tilkov about the state of SOA, explains different ways of getting funding for SOA initiatives, the value of SOA governance and governance tools. Another topic covered is the applicability of REST to SOA, the need for a RESTful description language, and REST support in SOAP toolkits.

Presentations about WS-I

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Bringing SOA to Life: A New Danish Infrastructure by Mikkel Hippe Brun Posted on May 22, 2007 In this presentation, Mikkel Hippe Brun, Chief Consultant at Danish National IT and Telecom Agency, introduces Denmark's national Service Oriented Infrastructure, which is based on a number of replicated UDDI registries and interoperability profiles based on the WS-*architecture and the UBL standard. Among the topics covered is the difference between SOA within and across company boundaries.

Articles about WS-I

Making Sense of all these Crazy Web Service Standards by Michele Leroux Bustamante Posted on May 16, 2007 Michele Leroux Bustamante explains the most relevant WS-* standards used today in terms of their actual implementation among WS platforms (with a focus on Java and .NET), their level of adoption and readiness. If you are new to web services or to the WS* protocols, or you are having difficulty keeping up with the pace of change in this area, this article should help.

Give it a REST: Mark Baker on Web Services by Stefan Tilkov Posted on Aug 28, 2006 Mark Baker is well-known in the SOA and Web services community because of his continuous efforts to promote REST (REpresentational State Transfer), criticizing many of the standards and specifications as being ignorant of what made and continues to make the Web successful. Stefan Tilkov had the chance to talk to Mark about REST principles, its benefits, and the relationship to Web services.