"Other books claim to present the architecture of a complete Web services platform, but this is the first I saw that really -. Eric Newcomer, CTO, Iona Technologies" Most Web services books almost cover the basics, but this book informs practitioners of "real-world" aspects of Web services that they need to know to build real applications. The author is well-known technical leaders in the Web services community and they helped write the Web services specifications covered in book.Anyone who want to do serious Web services development should read this book. - Eric Newcomer, author of Understanding SOA with Web Services and Understanding Web Services and Chief Technology Officer, Iona The Insider's Guide to Building Breakthrough Services with Today'sNew Web Services Platform Using the new platform today's Web service, you can build services that are safe, reliable , efficient at handling transactions, and is suitable for developing your service-oriented architecture. Unlike other books, Web Services Platform Architecture covers the entire platform. The authors illuminate every specification that is ready for practical use, which includes the message, metadata, security, discovery, service quality, business process modeling, and more. Drawing on realistic examples and case studies, they present a strong, coherent view of how all the specifications fit together - and how to combine them to solve problems in the real world .* Service orientation: Clarifying the business and technical value propositions * Message service Web framework: Using SOAP and WS-Addressing to deliver Web services messages * WSDL: Documenting messages and supporting diverse message interactions * WS-Policy: Building services that specify their needs and abilities, and how to interact with them * UDDI: combining metadata and make easily available * WS-MetadataExchange: Bootstrapping efficient, customized communication between the Web service * WS-Reliable Messaging: Ensuring delivery of the message in the Transaction * network is unreliable: Defining reliable interactions with WS-Coordination, WS-AtomicTransaction, and WS-BusinessActivity * Security: Understanding the role of WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-SecureConversation, and WS-Federation * BPEL: Modeling and implementing business processes as service compositions Web Services Platform Architecture gives you the insider view of the platform that will change the way you deliver applications . Are you an architect, developer, technical manager, or consultant, you will find indispensable.Sanjiva Weerawarana, research staff members to the group at the IBM Research system components, helping to define and coordinate IBM's Web services technical strategy and activities. He represents IBM on the BPEL and Web Services Addressing working groups. As an IBM distinguished engineer, he helped architect of IBM's middleware stack and define IBM's On Demand strategy Computing. IBM Fellow Tony Storey has helped lead the development of many of IBM's middleware, Web services and grid computing products. Ferguson is chief architect and technical lead for IBM Software Group, and chairs the IBM SWG Architecture Board.