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Leveraging RIXML with Web services

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Saikumar V. Dubagunta (sai@appera.com), Chief Technology Officer, Appera Software Inc.
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Saikumar Dubagunta has a Masters degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and over 16 years of experience in the software industry. He has lead in the design, development, and release of cutting-edge software tools for the telecommunication, data storage, and financial industries. As a team lead and architect, he was responsible for all stages of development, including requirements, design, coding, testing, documentation, release, and customer support. Saikumar has a wide variety of experience in such technologies as Java, Microsoft .NET, C++, XML, relational and object-oriented databases, communication protocols, and UNIX™. You can reach Saikumar at sai@appera.com.

Summary:  Research Information Exchange Markup Language (RIXML) defines a standard XML schema for exchanging content and metadata that tags content with relevant information such as locations, names, and key information types that organizations can use to efficiently perform look-up, sort, and search operations. Discover how the combination of RIXML and Web services provides a powerful mechanism for exchanging key information.

Date:  16 Dec 2008
Level:  Intermediate PDF:  A4 and Letter (76 KB | 22 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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About this tutorial

This tutorial describes the use of the Research Information Exchange Markup Language (RIXML) and Web services to enable key business processes among organizations. It provides XML examples that show the application of RIXML and provides a WSDL definition for exchanging RIXML among applications.

Objectives

This tutorial describes the application of RIXML for distributing research among organizations to benefit software developers and product managers. It also guides in the implementation of an RIXML-based application using Web services.

Prerequisites

Readers of this tutorial should have a basic familiarity with Web services and XML, including programming techniques in a language such as the Java™ language , C++, or Microsoft® .NET.

System requirements

To follow along with the code provided in this tutorial, you must have an XML reader to view the downloadable XML and WSDL files provided in Downloads. In addition, if you're interested in implementing sample applications based on the WSDL and XML provided, you must have an IDE such as Eclipse.

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