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3. UDDI and WSIL (see “WS-Inspection” on page 136) are less well established
than SOAP and WSDL but they do provide a solution to deploying service
descriptions in a standardized way. The descriptions can be accessed using
tools from any vendor to deploy and manage connectors.
In contrast, the location and type of meta-data necessary to build parts of a
component based solution are scattered in different locations depending on
the vendor. The runtime configuration information will be similarly
vendor-specific.
4. Most importantly, vendors such a SAP, PeopleSoft, Intentia and others are
investing in Web services. These are currently offered as an alternative to
their Enterprise Application ...