XML and Web Services Unleashed

Product DescriptionThe Extensible Markup Language is changing the way that information is being stored and exchanged. It is also changing the very way that we think about data. XML Unleashed allows you to unlock this new power and get you well on your way towards developing XML applications and systems that enable your most [...]

Worldwide SOA-Driven Software 2005-2009 Forecast: On a Course of Disruption

Product DescriptionThis IDC study assesses the market opportunity for software revenue driven by service oriented architectures (SOAs) in 2004 and presents a forecast for 2005–2009. Historical and forecast revenue data is shown for the total worldwide market, along with segmentation by primary software market. This study does not contain vendor-specific revenue, market shares, or vendor [...]

Intelligent Search on XML Data: Applications, Languages, Models, Implementations, and Benchmarks

Product DescriptionRecently, we have seen steep increase in popularity and adoption of XML, in areas such as traditional databases, e-business, the scientific environment, and on the web. Quering XML documents and data efficiently is a challenging issue; this book approaches search on XML data by combining content-based methods from information retrieval and structure-based XML query [...]

The Microguide to Process Modeling in BPMN

Product DescriptionWith over fifty implementations, Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is an increasingly successful Object Management Group (OMG) standard. Whether you are in government, manufacturing, or business, you can easily and accurately depict your company’s processes in BPMN. BPMN Specification 1.1, however, can be abstract, lengthy, and complicated. As a result, learning to use BPMN [...]

Does BPEL matter?

BPEL or Business Process Execution Language (an XML format) was created according to the vision that process definitions should be interchangeable between BPM vendors. While that sounds like a noble target, I question its validity. Today BPEL is only supported by that vision as in reality it is unfulfilled. I will explain why that is [...]