Newbie Q: SOAP in the real world

[ky...@panix.com]

Hi!  I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I have not been able to find the
answer.  I'm relatively new to SOAP-based web services.  I have seen
demonstrations using simple toy examples, but they don't give me a
good sense of how mature and presently viable this technology is.  Can
someone point me to a list of useful, real-world SOAP-based web
services?  (I've heard a few times that Amazon and Google have such
services, but I hope there are a lot more.)

Thanks!

Kynn

Re: Newbie Q: SOAP in the real world

[Scott Nichol <sn...@scottnichol.com>]

The large public examples are Amazon, Google, MapPoint and PayPal.  Most usage is semi-public or private business-to-business, or within single businesses to integrate otherwise separate systems.

Scott Nichol

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ky...@panix.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: Newbie Q: SOAP in the real world


> 
> 
> 
> Hi!  I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I have not been able to find the
> answer.  I'm relatively new to SOAP-based web services.  I have seen
> demonstrations using simple toy examples, but they don't give me a
> good sense of how mature and presently viable this technology is.  Can
> someone point me to a list of useful, real-world SOAP-based web
> services?  (I've heard a few times that Amazon and Google have such
> services, but I hope there are a lot more.)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kynn
> 
> 

Re: Newbie Q: SOAP in the real world

["Jesus M. Salvo Jr." <je...@migasia.com>]

Scott Nichol wrote:

>Also, lots of service providers, ISVs and industry consortiums have defined SOAP APIs.  There was just a question from someone using MM7, as an example, and OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) has standards many companies in my area (Philadelphia, PA) are using.
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>Scott Nichol
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>
For the benefit of others, MM7 is the interface defined by 3GPP between 
an MMSC ( MultiMedia Service Centre ) and a VASP ( Value Added Service 
Provider ). The MM7 interface is basically SOAP messaging with attachments.

I have a Java implementation / library of MM7 using Apache SOAP ( at the 
time I wrote the implementation, Apache Axis was still very new ),
OpenWave also has their own Java library, so does Nokia, etc... but I 
wrote mine before Nokia and OpenWave made their implementation available 
to the public.

John

Re: Newbie Q: SOAP in the real world

[Scott Nichol <sn...@scottnichol.com>]

Also, lots of service providers, ISVs and industry consortiums have defined SOAP APIs.  There was just a question from someone using MM7, as an example, and OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) has standards many companies in my area (Philadelphia, PA) are using.

Scott Nichol

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ky...@panix.com>
To: <so...@ws.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: Newbie Q: SOAP in the real world


> 
> 
> 
> Hi!  I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I have not been able to find the
> answer.  I'm relatively new to SOAP-based web services.  I have seen
> demonstrations using simple toy examples, but they don't give me a
> good sense of how mature and presently viable this technology is.  Can
> someone point me to a list of useful, real-world SOAP-based web
> services?  (I've heard a few times that Amazon and Google have such
> services, but I hope there are a lot more.)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kynn
> 
>