Tarak Modi wants you to KISS your web services
Tarak Modi is becoming a favorite of mine. he seems a very astute and pragmatic observer of the WS landscape. his most recent blog entry is a good follow up to his previous one, in which he talked about the confusion around the WS-* specifications. in this one, he links to an article he wrote that talks about the reasons for the explosion in standards/specifications.
I agree 100% with his analysis. reading it also encouraged me to pay more attention to WS-I as its profiles could evolve into the guiding standards for the 2nd generation WS specifications, like W3C is for the 1st generation.
I know Tarak would agree that although the WS-* standards are confusing, but are, in fact, manageable. I assume he would also agree that these standards are, in fact, required for some distributed systems. and I do agree with him that keeping Web Services applications as simple as possible is the best way to avoid the confusion and complexity of WS-*. But I would also caution that ignoring a WS-* standard that performs a function you need could mean trouble down the road if/when a large number of other systems are built around the standard, and you'll have to play catch-up to be able to work with them.
I agree 100% with his analysis. reading it also encouraged me to pay more attention to WS-I as its profiles could evolve into the guiding standards for the 2nd generation WS specifications, like W3C is for the 1st generation.
I know Tarak would agree that although the WS-* standards are confusing, but are, in fact, manageable. I assume he would also agree that these standards are, in fact, required for some distributed systems. and I do agree with him that keeping Web Services applications as simple as possible is the best way to avoid the confusion and complexity of WS-*. But I would also caution that ignoring a WS-* standard that performs a function you need could mean trouble down the road if/when a large number of other systems are built around the standard, and you'll have to play catch-up to be able to work with them.
posted by luke @ 4:08 PM
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Thanks for coming by, Tarak!
The only web services I've done have just used basic SOAP and WSDL as well, though I haven't done any mission-critical web services projects yet. I think one of the best reasons for NOT going with WS-Security or another WS-* standard is indeed the fact that none of the 2nd-generation WS specifications are universally accepted.
I hope in the near future I will be needing some kind of security or other feature so I can seriously look at the standards in comparison to a real-world project need. I'll have a much better perspective as to the pros and cons of the standard, and a better way to look at how WS-I is trying to fix the confusion.
Thanks again for stopping by.
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