Organization

The book is divided into five parts. Part I provides a general introduction to web services. Part II through Part V focus on core web service technologies, including XML-RPC, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI. The book concludes with a glossary of common web service terms.

Part I, Introduction to Web Services

Chapter 1 provides an overview of web services, the web service architecture, and the web service protocol stack. It also provides a snapshot of current standardization efforts of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).