Karsten Januszewski

The Web services model relies on a stack of software specifications that makes the interoperability of heterogeneous environments a viable possibility. Two essential specifications of this stack are WSDL (Web Service Description Language) and UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration). Understanding each of these initiatives alone is fundamental to comprehending the Web services model; understanding the relationship between the two is critical to developing robust software based on Web services. Before drilling into the relationship between these two initiatives, it makes sense to address them individually. Each offers powerful software potential in its own right, but their usage together helps create a truly exciting new software ecosystem. Recipes and Cookbooks WSDL provides an XML grammar to define the abstract interface and protocol bindings necess... (more)