[an error occurred while processing this directive]			> developer > web app development Web Services Lounge Web services is a subset of a service-oriented architecture. Each piece of business functionality is encapsulated into some sort of object/component that is then made available as a stand-alone service. This area will help you stay up to date with the many technologies that are used to develop web services.   news   standards & specifications   additonal resources news   Document Management System using jBroker Web 2.0   Consume an Amazon Web Service Using exteNd Workbench   Runnin' with the Pack   Combining RMI with SOAP   Web Services and UDDI: The New Wave of E-Business Renaissance   A birds-eye view of Web services   Building Web Services with jBroker Web and Apache Tomcat   jBroker Web: Web Services Development for any Application Server   Web Services Defined   Web Services: XML's Killer App   UDDI Technical White Paper   Web services insider, Part 1: Reflections on SOAP standards & specifications SOAP 1.1 - Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is a lightweight protocol for exchange of information in a decentralized, distributed environment. It is an XML based protocol that consists of three parts: an envelope that defines a framework for describing what is in a message and how to process it, a set of encoding rules for expressing instances of application-defined datatypes, and a convention for representing remote procedure calls and responses. SOAP can potentially be used in combination with a variety of other protocols. UDDI - Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) enables businesses to quickly, easily, and dynamically find and transact with one another. UDDI enables a business to describe its business and its services, discover other businesses that offer desired services, and integrate with these other businesses. additional resources   xMethods   UDDI.org   Web Services Journal   IBM's developerWorks Web services zone