Ebook: NET Web services : architecture and implementation

.NET Web Services is the authoritative guide to designing and architecting better Web services using Microsoft technologies. Written by Keith Ballinger, a program manager for XML Web Services at Microsoft, this book explains what Web services are, why they exist, and how they work in .NET. Introducing Web Services -- XMLWeb Services standards -- Creating Web Services with ASP.NET -- Creating Web Service clients -- XML serialization with .NET -- Extending Web Services -- Transport protocols for Web Services -- Data and format: XML and XML schema -- The messaging protocol: SOAP -- Describing Web Services -- Discovering Web Services -- Messaging with Web Services: WS-Routing, WS-Referral, and DIME -- Securing Web Services with WS-Security -- Advanced messaging: reliability and sessions -- Designing Web Services