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Web Services specs & more
thinktecture & DevelopMentor: Guerilla Enterprise .NET Kurs in München
Geballtes Know-How - für Sie!thinktecture und DevelopMentor kündigen im Rahmen einer Partnerschaft das erste in Deutschland stattfindende "Enterprise .NET"-Event an. Es wird in der Woche vom 26. Mai 2008 in München stattfinden und im berühmt-berüchtigten Read More
posted Friday, February 22, 2008 7:27 PM with 0 Comments

Running WSCF 0.7 in Visual Studio 2008
Now with VS2008 being released obviously a lot of people also want to run WSCF in it.I have an updated WSCF.addin file which you need to replace the original one with (the location of the .addin file depends on your install option).Please note that this Read More
posted Friday, December 07, 2007 9:08 AM with 3 Comments

The future of WSCF (and the forums)
Some heads up wrt to WSCF - this is what I just posted over at the thinktecture forums (which have been quiet from our side for a loooong time, sorry).Hello everybody, first of all I really need to apologize the long silence in these forums here - sorry! Read More
posted Monday, December 03, 2007 9:16 AM with 0 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 - JSON support
Alright, next round in this mini-series.WCF in .NET 3.5 contains a new serializer for handling with JSON-based data. With the so called DataContractJsonSerializer we can serialize and deserialize JSON packets based on DataContract descriptions. The new Read More
posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:15 AM with 4 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 - Expanded WS-* specs support
OK, here is the next one in the list of new features in WCF "v2".There are two new out-of-the-box bindings covering updated/new  WS-* specs: WS2007HttpBinding WS2007FederationHttpBinding and the respective binding elements: WS2007HttpBindingElement Read More
posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:33 PM with 2 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 - Custom username over transport security
Now, this is an easy blog post for me!My friend and thinktecture's security consultant Dominick Baier has asked me whether he can blog about this important security-related WCF topic: yep, of course :)Go and read his entry as he was one of the first to Read More
posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:32 AM with 7 Comments

Microsoft starts embracing Good Old Europe - first stop: Oslo
The big shop based in Redmond announced a new and upcoming platform for SO(A) at its SOA and Business Process Conference. And its codename is Oslo.The project code-named Oslo will deliver updated messaging and workflow technologies in the next version Read More
posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:34 PM with 4 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 - Accessing the remote hosts address
OK, this is first short blog entry on some new features (and fixes) for WCF in .NET 3.5 and/or 3.0 SP1.I know that a number of people have been complaining bitterly about not being able to get the information of the calling remote host in WCF v1, i.e. Read More
posted Monday, October 29, 2007 6:16 PM with 8 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 (and .NET 3.0 SP1)
With .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 being quite close to RTM these days, I thought it would be time to write a bit about what is new for WCF in .NET 3.5 and .NET 3.0 SP1. This entry just lays the ground for a couple of follow-ups which will go a bit Read More
posted Monday, October 29, 2007 3:47 PM with 34 Comments

Why wsDualHttpBinding is not for interoperability
There you have it - very insightful article by Arun. Read More
posted Friday, August 03, 2007 8:09 AM with 1 Comments

Improving WCF Interoperability: Flattening your WSDL
WCF is surely a big step forward for having a unified communication runtime, API and hosting model. And with all these super-exciting specifications and standards supported WCF must be a killer when it comes to interoperability with other Read More
posted Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:44 PM with 13 Comments

Web Service Software Factory v2 (for ASMX and WCF)
It is here.The Web Service Software Factory (also known as the Service Factory) is an integrated collection of tools, patterns, source code and prescriptive guidance that helps our customers quickly and consistently construct Web services that adhere Read More
posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:40 AM with 4 Comments

From DynWsLib to... ProxyFactory
OK, there is one library I wrote a long time ago which has a lot of fans: DynWsLib.This library is for invoking your Web Services dynamically without having to generate a client-side proxy class at design/compile time with WSCF, Read More
posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:21 PM with 1 Comments

[Release] WSCF 0.7 - with support for XSD-based code generation
WSCF 0.7 was just released. Enjoy!New Features in v0.7Generate data transfer object/data contract code from schema descriptions in XSD or WSDL files - via the VS 2005 add-in and the command line tool.This build also includes several important fixes, e.g.:SOAP Read More
posted Friday, November 17, 2006 9:27 PM with 1 Comments

Microsoft's Open Specification Promise - what we all wanted to see
Not much buzz around it, but this is what at least I wanted to see.Microsoft is making a personal promise to every individual and organization in the world that they can use any patented technology Microsoft has that is necessary to implement the Web Read More
posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:48 AM with 3 Comments

Commenting problems
Sorry, we have strange problems when people want to comment on our posts. If you have submitted a comment in the last few weeks and it did not show up here, feel free to contact me.Sorry again. Read More
posted Friday, July 21, 2006 4:32 PM with 1 Comments

Explaining WCF - in a slightly different way (in German)
Seems like Clemens likes the dotnetpro.tv video episode that Ralf and myself shooted the other day about Windows Communication Foundation. Only available in German, though... Read More
posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:51 PM with 0 Comments

jWSCF im deutschen Eclipse Magazin
In der aktuellen Ausgabe des Eclipse Magazins gibt es einen Artikel über jWSCF. jWSCF bedient sich über einen COM Interop Layer des WSDL Wizards von WSCF. Read More
posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:42 PM with 0 Comments

Service Factory, aka Web Service Software Factory, nee Service BAT
Some days ago I already hinted at it - now it is more or less official. Also Beat, Edward, Matias, Jason and others already blogged about it. I am part of the 'Service Factory' advisory board and we think that this may evolve into something really useful Read More
posted Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:16 AM with 10 Comments

[RELEASE] WSCF 0.6 for Visual Studio 2005 & .NET Framework 2.0
We are finally announcing the release of WSCF 0.6. This version is only available to work with .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. Of course WSCF is still free and nobody has to pay anything.   WSCF 0.6: http://www.thinktecture.com/Resources/Software/WSContractFirst/default.html Read More
posted Monday, February 27, 2006 11:31 PM with 4 Comments

Why does the world need WS-ReliableMessaging?
In the last few months I have given a number of presentaions on WCF and had countless customer meetings. One of the most frequently asked question was why in the world we would need WS-ReliableMessaging (WS-RM). I think I had a good explanation, but now Read More
posted Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:13 PM with 3 Comments

The WSDL Quest - where are they?
Jeff Schneider is looking for your help. He has launched the “The Great Microsoft WSDL Hunt”. It is an honest effort to try to actually find out which products have WSDL’s (and where they are) and to identify which ones don’t. Read More
posted Monday, January 30, 2006 7:02 PM with 1 Comments

Really interesting stuff about Web Services semantics
For frequent readers, I posted about this in June 2005. Now IBM has released a new build of Semantic Tools for Web Services - damn, this is so interesting. Can anybody talk to our customers re. schedules? ;) What are Semantic Tools for Web Services? Read More
posted Saturday, January 14, 2006 8:58 PM with 0 Comments

WS-* support on the .NET platform
UPDATE: I added ASMX 1.x to the table. As I am currently investigating into some interoperability scenarios between the .NET and Java worlds I thought you may be interested in a list of supported WS-* specifications for .NET today and tomorrow. Read More
posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:21 AM with 12 Comments

Web Services semantics, part II
In addition to this, there is now something official going on at W3C … we’ll see… Read More
posted Friday, June 17, 2005 9:42 AM with 1 Comments

It's all about semantics, frankly
IBM Research came up with something very interesting approach to finally incorporate semantics better into the whole Web Services story: Semantic Tools for Web Services. Definitely worth a look. Semantic Tools for Web Services Semantic Tools for Web Read More
posted Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:43 PM with 7 Comments

WS-RM and WS-R
I knew when I got up that this will be a good day: Members Agree to Advance Reliable Messaging Specification Within OASIS Read More
posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:41 PM with 1 Comments

You still think XML is angle brackets? Indigo tells you otherwise...
Steve rocks us with first-class information on Indigo message encoding and serialization. XML (and SOAP, for that matter) as the InfoSet and then you decide how ‘to write it down’. Just be sure to write it as angle brackets for interop’ing. Read More
posted Saturday, April 09, 2005 4:12 AM with 1 Comments

New hope for WS-* and interop: Axis 2
This is good news - maybe a more important announcement for all the interop-afarians out there than the advent of Indigo. Axis 2.0 - Tech Preview / Milestone Axis2 is an effort to re-design and totally re-implement both Axis/Java and (eventually) Axis/C++ Read More
posted Friday, February 25, 2005 4:14 AM with 4 Comments

Viva WS-MEXicana!
WS-MetadataExchange implementation for ASMX. Yes. Thanks. Will play with it end of the week and post some insights. Read More
posted Monday, January 10, 2005 6:55 AM with 0 Comments

Securing Java-based Web Services
UPDATE: removed the wrong dates and added links. There are some new articles up on OTN (Oracle Technology Network). They talk about how to implement message-based security with the Oracle JDeveloper tools. Securing Web Services - Move from Read More
posted Friday, January 07, 2005 1:05 AM with 2 Comments

WS-I Advocates Program - joined
We from thinktecture are proud to be an Advocate of the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I). WS-I is an open industry consortium chartered to facilitate Web services interoperability and to accelerate Web services adoption in the Read More
posted Monday, January 03, 2005 10:06 PM with 0 Comments

Proof-of-concept implementation of WS-MetadataExchange for ASMX
Nice work by Jef Newsom. Although I cannot see any complete sample or even a download for it... Read More
posted Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:30 AM with 0 Comments

Do you believe in Web services in 2005?
Simon and I do. They finally will have their breakthrough - cross fingers. Read More
posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:33 AM with 0 Comments

IBM developerWorks article on how to achieve better Web services interoperability
...and I must say that they just think doing it this way is good... Web services programming tips and tricks: Improve interoperability between J2EE technology and .NET, Part 1: WSDL, RPC/encoded style, and WS-I conformance Weaving together Web services Read More
posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:51 AM with 0 Comments

IBM updates ETTK: now version 2.2
IBM updates its Emerging Technologies Toolkit (ETTK) bits which include a lot of interesting Web services stuff. The new version 2.2 also includes updated implementations of WS-MetadataExchange (9/04 spec version) and WS-Addressing (8/04 spec version). Read More
posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:33 PM with 0 Comments

Know your policy
IBM has a nice write-up of WS-Policy processing: Understand WS-Policy processing - Explore Intersection, Merge, and Normalization in WS-Policy WS-Policy is becoming a crucial component of the Web services framework. It is likely that most Web services Read More
posted Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:01 AM with 0 Comments

WS-RM4WSE2
Nice, Andres. WS-ReliableMessaging glue for WSE 2.0. Read More
posted Monday, November 29, 2004 12:17 AM with 3 Comments

*Must have* resource on Web services interop
MSDN, finally an official place for Web services interop on MSDN. Do not miss the overall great Web Services Interoperability Guidance (WSIG)! Current installments: IBM WebSphere Application Developer 5.1.2 Simon Guest shares recommendations for Web Read More
posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:47 PM with 1 Comments

They did it again: SOAPScope 4.0
A great product can even get greater. SOAPScope 4.0 has been released ... Mindreef SOAPscope 4.0 is a toolkit-independent Web services diagnostic system for examining, debugging, testing, tuning, and supporting Web services. New features include: SOAPscope Read More
posted Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:13 AM with 0 Comments

No, not HTTP, UDP! Soap over UDP spec
Now it gets real: standards-based SOAP-not-only-over-HTTP with SOAP-over-UDP: Many application protocol patterns match the semantics of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) [RFC 768]. Some do not require the delivery guarantees of TCP while others make use Read More
posted Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:07 AM with 1 Comments

WSRP - yes they do it
Microsoft's SharePoint now speaks WSRP (Web Services for Remote Portlets). Very important step based on a spec not too many people know or even care about. WSRP version 1 defines a web service standard (interface and semantics) that allows for the "plug-n-play" Read More
posted Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:47 AM with 0 Comments

Delivering a message to an address - somehow ...
David Orchard's comparison of WS-Addressing and WS-MessageDelivery. Read More
posted Wednesday, August 04, 2004 10:05 AM with 0 Comments

ETTK update - WS-RM and WS-MetadataExchange
IBM did it again: Version 2.1 of the Emerging Technologies Toolkit is out: Version 2.1 contains Cloudscape 10.0 beta, Active Dependency Integration, updated Autonomic Manager Toolset (AMTS), WS-ResourceFramework 1.1 (WS-ResourceProperties, WS-ResourceLifetime, Read More
posted Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:01 AM with 0 Comments

Again: angle brackets is not enough?
They don't get tired: XML Binary Characterization Use Cases Read More
posted Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:27 PM with 0 Comments

Apache Axis close to take the next step
The Java folks are working hard to evolve their favorite Web services stack (well, at least the community's favorite stack). Apacha Axis 1.2 went to Beta 2 last night. For Axis 1.2, we are focusing on our document/literal support to better address the Read More
posted Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:31 PM with 0 Comments

Protocol or Format? SOAP reconsidered
Nice essay from Mark Nottingham on SOAP. Read More
posted Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:08 AM with 0 Comments

application/soap+xml
For those of you who care about the details: The IESG has approved the document 'The 'application/soap+xml' media type' as an Informational RFC. It talks about the definition of the "application/soap+xml" media type which can be used to describe Read More
posted Saturday, June 19, 2004 7:15 AM with 0 Comments

New JWSDP version supports WSS and WS-I
Seems like WSE 2.0 finally got a friend to be tested against: Sun announced that the new Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP) version 1.4 supports the latest Web services security standards and Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Read More
posted Saturday, May 29, 2004 10:16 PM with 0 Comments

For the contract junkies: WSDL 2.0 explained
A new article "What's new in WSDL 2.0" on XML.com. The W3C's Web Services Description Working Group, part of the Web Services Activity, has defined a language for describing web services and the possible ways to interact with them. The WG published its Read More
posted Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:17 PM with 0 Comments

WS-I.org publishes first Basic Security Profile Draft
One more step into the right direction - interop at all layers ... Today, at the Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Summit being held in Los Angeles, WS-I announced the availability of the WS-I Basic Security Profile Working Group Draft Read More
posted Tuesday, May 18, 2004 7:08 AM with 1 Comments

First public WS-MetadataExchange implementation
IBM's new version 2.0.1 of the ETTK has the first official implementation of the current WS-MetadataExchange spec I know of. As usual, plus some other very interesting candies. Version 2.0.1 contains WS-MetadataExchange, Web Services Distributed Management Read More
posted Saturday, May 01, 2004 12:51 AM with 0 Comments

Want to understand where and how your SOAP messages are traveling?
Aaron did it again: Moving from WS-Routing to WS-Addressing Using WSE 2.0. See the issues surrounding Web services routing and the need for transport-neutral addressing, specifically focusing on the move away from WS-Routing towards the new WS-Addressing Read More
posted Sunday, April 25, 2004 8:36 AM with 0 Comments

Applying WS-Security with IBM WebSphere
Article on IBM's developerWorks server about using WS-Security with WebSphere Application Server. This article describes how to leverage the Web Services Security specification to secure an existing Web service. It demonstrates how to use message-level Read More
posted Thursday, April 15, 2004 2:07 AM with 0 Comments

The Java world advances to the next step of Web services functionality
Systinet announces the availability of WASP Server for Java 5.0 Beta. It supports WS-ReliableMessaging and WS-Adressing from the WSA stack. WASP Server for Java is the most advanced Web services platform for Java and J2EE environments, and this 5.0 release Read More
posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 5:19 AM with 0 Comments

It is more than just endpoint referencing
Another evident article that WS-Addressing is *the* cornerstone in the Web services world: The hidden impact of WS-Addressing on SOAP on IBM's developerWorks. The WS-Addressing protocol might not seem like much at first glance. But it establishes message Read More
posted Friday, April 09, 2004 7:07 AM with 3 Comments

"What a beautiful day ..." - WSS finalized
Big, big step in WS-* land. OK, next steps ... Read More
posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 12:35 PM with 1 Comments