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<abstract>
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<title>Abstract</title>
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<para>In complex IT environments it is often necessary to integrate
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different information systems with each other, exchange data between
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software tools and automate actions based on events arising from user
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interaction. Web Services is a popular way to make remote functions
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available to a broad range of clients. A WebService is independent
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from platforms and programming languages. XML Messages are exchanged
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through common protocols like TCP/IP or SMTP, processed and returned
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(request/ response paradigm).</para>
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<para>Because of their nature, WebServices are a great technology to
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overcome system boundaries and to "orchestrate" your IT environment.
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They make up the basis for SOA and are the pieces that assemble
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automated business processes.</para>
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<para>XServices is a collection of pre-build WebServices with the
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intention to avoid duplicate work and "re-inventing the wheel". The
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historical base for XServices is the 'XBridgeNG' software, which
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provided a set of Apache Ant Tasks with quite the same intention. The
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available WebService operations are most likely the "most wanted"
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ones, some of them for sure are "must have". This collection may
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overlap with other libraries. In summary the current version contains
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8 WebServices with over 50 operations.</para>
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</abstract>
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