Web Services: An Introduction

This book addresses the web services arena with a specific agenda of providing information right from covering the fundamental aspects to its deployment and implementation issues. The content is introductory in nature, and covers not only the technology aspects, but also highlights the application scenarios across the industry. A case study exemplifying the Financial and Banking Services industry has been chosen for presentation in the book.
Part I of the book provides an overview of web services and covers the evolution of web services to its present form. In Part II, the constituents of web services are covered in detail. This part also covers predominant mechanisms of accessing and availing web services.
In Part III, Financial and Banking Services Industry has been chosen for a detailed analysis of the impact of web services technology. Emphasis of this part is on the detailed case study that deals with the development and implementation exercise of web services as applied to a particular enterprise banking organization. This case study provides elaborate step-by-step details from proof-of-concept to prototype development.