Industrial Communication Technology Handbook, 2nd Edition

26Web Services for Embedded Devices

Vlado Altmann

University of Rostock

Hendrik Bohn

Nedbank Group Ltd.

Frank Golatowski

University of Rostock

1. 26.1 Introduction

2. 26.2 Device-Centric SOAs

   1. SOA Implementations for Devices

   2. Evaluation of Device-Centric SOAs

3. 26.3 DPWS Inside Out

   1. Interactions between Client, Device, and Service

   2. Messaging

   3. Discovery

   4. Description

   5. Eventing

   6. Security

4. 26.4 Web Service Orchestration

   1. Web Service Composition

   2. Web Services Business Process Execution Language

5. 26.5 Software Development Toolkits and Platforms

   1. WS4D, SOA4D

   2. DPWS in Microsoft Windows

6. 26.6 DPWS in Use

   1. Automation Scenarios

7. 26.7 Conclusion

8. References

26.1 Introduction

In recent years, an increasing demand for highly automated, process-oriented, and distributed systems ...