Web Services Resource Center: Web Services Resource Sites

Web Services Resource Sites

2005 Winners for Best SOA

http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/171303_2.htm

Article: "SYS-CON Announces Readers' Choice Awards for SOA, Java, Linux, .NET, MX, ColdFusion, and XML Technologies," lists the 2005 winners for Best SOA, Web services platforms and more.

Extensive Listing of APIs

http://programmableweb.com/apis

Extensive listing of APIs.

Finding Web Services Wiki

http://wsfinder.jot.com/WikiHome

Wiki for finding Web services and open APIs (grouped by category).

Web Services Glossary

http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-ws-gloss-20040211/

Web services glossary includes definitions of numerous key terms.

Yahoo! Javascript Developer Resource Center

http://developer.yahoo.com/javascript/

Check out the Yahoo! Javascript Developer Resource Center for loads of Web services resources for developers. Includes links to all of the Yahoo! APIs (see the Companies Offering Web Services section for descriptions of each), articles and documentation, user interface and design tools, code samples and more.

Web Services Interoperability Organization’s Websi

http://www.ws-i.org

Web Services Interoperability Organization’s Web site provides detailed information regarding efforts to build Web services based on standards that promote interoperability and true platform independence.

Documentation on WSDL

http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl

Documentation on WSDL, including a thorough discussion of Web services–related technologies such as XML, SOAP, HTTP and MIME types in the context of WSDL.

.NET Framework Web Services Newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.webservices.enhancements

Microsoft's .NET framework Web services enhancements newsgroup.

Microsoft's Resource Center for Web Services

http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/

Microsoft's resource center for Web services and other distributed technologies. Includes tutorials, downloads, forums and more.

Web Services Resource Site

http://www.webservices.org/

Web services resource site includes news, blogs, a vendors guide and more.

XML and Web Services Site

http://www.xml.org/

XML and Web services site hosted by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)—an international consortium that develops Web services (and other) standards.

Web 2.0 API Resources

http://programmableweb.com/

Includes a Web 2.0 API reference, mashup database, blog, technical reference guide and more.

W3C Web Services Activity Homepage

http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Services Activity homepage. Includes the Web Services Activity Statement that explains Web services and provides highlights from the committee meetings.