Describing Web Services An Overview of WSDL.ppt

Describing Web Services An Overview of WSDL CS595G: Web Services and Security 1/17/2006 Marco Cova marco@ Outline Motivations WSDL specification and an example Tools WSDL alternatives Web Services Interaction Typical steps in WS interaction: Discovery: the requester entity becomes aware of the provider entity either by directly knowing the provider agents address or through some discovery service Agreement on service description: provider and requester agent “agree” on the service description Agents setup: web service description and semantics are input to requester and provider agents Messa