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- SOAPSonar Personal Edition (5)
- SOAPSonar provides code-free point-and-click Web Services testing. Supports SOAP, XML, REST, and WS-Trust testing types. Simple to complex test scenarios are managed through the test suite interface. SOAP data generation for Web Services is automated through the Schema Fields generator engine. Functional, Performance, Compliance, and Vulnerability modes are provided. Command-Line...
- Tags: Web Service, Simple Object Access Protocol, Crosscheck Networks, SOAPSonar, SOAP, Web Services, PKI, Enterprise Software, Software, Security
- Software downloads 2008-01-18
- WSO2 Web services framework builds bridge between Ruby and enterprise apps
- WSO2 has built a bridge between Ruby-based applications and enterprise-class Web services with the introduction of its Web Services Framework for Ruby (WSF/Ruby) 1.0. WSF/Ruby, an open-source framework for providing and consuming Web services in the Ruby object-oriented programming language, offers support for the WS-*...
- Tags: Web, Web Service, Client, Ruby, Simple Object Access Protocol, WSO2, WSF/Ruby, SOAP, Web Services, Scripting Languages, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Ruby on Rails picks REST; no tears for SOAP
- In the ongoing contention between SOAP and REST as a Web services protocol, many developers appear to drawn to REST. The latest release of Ruby on Rails, the lightweight development framework which has been growing in popularity, favors REST. According to a report in...
- Tags: Ruby, Simple Object Access Protocol, Ruby On Rails, SOAP, Web Services, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- Is social media accelerating a move from SOAP to REST?
- Is social media accelerating a move from SOAP to REST?Farewell to static interfaces at last?Leymann's final comment pretty much sums up why REST will win out over SOA, as SOA is fundamentally about generic interfaces. For a SOA to be truly flexible and useful within an enterprise, keeping the interfaces...
- Tags: SOAP, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Simple Object Access Protocol, IS SOCIAL, SOA
- Discussion threads 2007-12-01
- Is social media accelerating a move from SOAP to REST?
- Is REST eclipsing SOAP Web services as the standard of choice, as we move toward service-orienting our enterprises? Is the Web 2.0 social media accelerating this trend? What does this all mean for enterprise SOA? 'Thousands of Web applications are being built on RESTful Web services, versus...
- Tags: Social Media, Microsoft Corp., Simple Object Access Protocol, REST, WS-*, SOAP, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-12-01
- SOAP Notes Form - Sample (exe)
- Computer Fillable Medical PDF Forms. Patient records can be typed, e-mailed, saved and stored on your computer. Easy access and retrieval! We can take your existing forms and make them electronic fillable forms. Your own company logo, address and phone numbers can be put on your forms at no additional...
- Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Simple Object Access Protocol, Form, SOAP, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-11-05
- SOAPValidator service source code (exe)
- Soap Message Validator is a conformance-oriented tool that aims to match the structure of a SOAP Message against all applicable sections in the SOAP specification. It pays no attention to the actual data transmitted. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Simple Object Access Protocol, Soap Message Validator, SOAP, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-17
- SOAP Toolkit 3.0 Redistributable (EXE)
- This download package contains the redistributable files for SOAP Toolkit 3.0. SOAP Toolkit support will be retired in April 2005. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-04
- Implementing XML Key Management Services Using ASP.NET (exe)
- This sample code shows how to build a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Service conforming to a SOAP message-based interface specification. Specifically, an interface defined by a Web Services Description Language WSDL document describing the SOAP messages and XML types used. Sample code for both a client and server conforming to the...
- Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Corp., Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, XML, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-08-31
- ASP.NET Sample: Extending WebServices for SOAP Security (exe)
- This sample code shows how one can extend Microsoft .NET Framework WebServices to include SOAP message-based security. In particular, it demonstrates an approach to authenticating messages based on digital signature technology and encrypting these messages for confidentiality. While this sample leverages relevant standards activities, it is not based on an...
- Tags: Message, Digital Signature, Sample Code, Microsoft ASP.NET, Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, Digital Signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, C#, Web Services, .Net, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-08-31
- SOAP Toolkit 2.0 Redistributable Files (exe)
- This download package contains the merge modules necessary to include the SOAP Toolkit 2.0 in your installation program. The SOAP Toolkit has been decremented by the .NET Framework. SOAP Toolkit support will be retired in April 2005 with extended support retiring in April 2008. This version is the first release...
- Tags: Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP Toolkit, SOAP, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-08-30
- Project Server 2003: Project Data Service (PDS) Usage and Methods Reference (exe)
- The PDS reference explains how to use the PDS Application Programming Interface API to allow client applications to access Project Server portfolio data. Client applications can programmatically log on to Project Server and use SOAP to call PDS API methods. The PDS implements a SOAP listener, which receives method calls...
- Tags: Server, Simple Object Access Protocol, Project Data Service Reference, SOAP, Web Services, XML, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-08-30
- SOAP Message Size Performance Considerations
- This paper examines performance when using different SOAP message sizes in CICS Web Services. The paper also reviews a customer scenario, DanskeBank. It provides an overview of the bank's ATM system, and briefly discusses the IFX framework. Use of WebSphere Developer for zSeries (WD/z) to simulate request messages from an...
- Tags: Performance, Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, Performance Management, ATM, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking
- White papers 2007-08-01
- REST Battles SOAP for the Future of Information Services
- REST Battles SOAP for the Future of Information ServicesAdditional useful URL regarding TO REST:Wikipedia Pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_TransferBuilding Web Services the REST Wayhttp://www.xfront.com/REST-Web-Services.htmlRoy T. Fielding homepagehttp://roy.gbiv.com/Roy T. Phd where first describe RESThttp://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/tophosamredhttp://hosamred.blogspot.com/The advantage that SQL hasIs that in the background there is a foundation in sound mathematics. Admittedly SQL is a very corrupt...
- Tags: SOAP, Web services, Simple Object Access Protocol, information service
- Discussion threads 2007-05-27
- REST Battles SOAP for the Future of Information Services
- There has been some subterranean discussion in the content management standards arena about what is the best way to support the interoperability of content services with applications. Should vendors support content services through the myriad of web services support layers that have been developed over the last decade? Or should...
- Tags: Architecture, Enterprise Content Management, Information Management, REST, SOA, Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- RESTful Web Services: The Keep-It-Simple Style
- This paper demonstrates the most essential features of RESTful REpresentational State Transfer web services through a sample shipment-tracking application implemented in Java. REST is not a standard like SOAP or a protocol like HTTP - for that matter, it is not necessarily a services-oriented protocol either. Rather, it is a...
- Tags: Web, Web Service, Jupitermedia Corp., Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, XML, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2007-04-18
- Will Microsoft stay its search API course?
- Theres a lot of negative reaction around the blogosphere to Googles announcement that it will be dropping support for the SOAP version of its search application programming interface API. Google is pushing its Ajax Search API a project in which former Windows architect Marc Lucovsky is involved as the...
- Tags: SOAP, Web services, API, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Simple Object Access Protocol, developer
- Blog posts 2006-12-19
- Is there hope for SOAP?
- Pete Lacey of the Burton Group recently created a buzz in SOA and Web services circles with his "history lesson," circa 2000, about the meaning of SOAP. In Laceys post, entitled "The S Stands for Simple," a "SOAP Guy" explains how SOAP works to a developer, who end up...
- Tags: SOAP, Web services, Simple Object Access Protocol
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- Microsoft holds back a few in patent promise
- Microsoft holds back a few in patent promiseSome thoughts ..."Assuming, of course, you don't sue them first, in which case all bets are off."Well duh! They have every right to use them defensively, who could blame them for doing just that?"Does that mean Microsoft is getting ready to sue...
- Tags: SOAP, Microsoft Corp., XML, Simple Object Access Protocol, patent, Scientigo
- Discussion threads 2006-09-15
- Microsoft opens up 35 Web services patents
- As SOA and Web services march forward, the threat of patent lawsuits has loomed (and fortunately has stayed, so far) in the background. As I reported last week, Gartner's Andrew White sounded the alarm about potential legal landmines that could disrupt efforts to integrate enterprise systems. Microsoft promises 'not to...
- Tags: Web service, patent, Web services patent
- Blog posts 2006-09-13
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