Dan Diephouse, who runs the Web services consulting company Envoi Solutions, created the XFire SOAP stack and is one of the lead developers of the Apache CXF Web services project (which is currently in incubation status), has published a paper entitled "Navigating WS-* (PDF)".
The document provides an excellent overview of the most important standards from the vast Web services landscape, and explains how they can be used in practice to solve real-world problems. Topics addressed include useful combinations of standards, interoperability and platform support, and expectations for future developments.
The document provides an excellent overview of the most important standards from the vast Web services landscape, and explains how they can be used in practice to solve real-world problems. Topics addressed include useful combinations of standards, interoperability and platform support, and expectations for future developments.