A Retrospective on the Development of Web Service Specifications

In this chapter, we present a discussion on our experiences with the development of Web service specifications. Web services, and the service oriented architecture model engendered therein, have gained significant traction in recent years with deployments in ever increasing domains. In this chapter, we describe our experiences with several Web service specifications. In general lessons learned, and design decisions made, during these implementations would be applicable to several other specifications. The authors hope that their insights and experiences with the development of Web service specifications would be beneficial to other researchers in this area in formulating a strategy for the development of systems based on Web services. Shrideep Pallickara Community Grids Lab, Indiana University, USA Geoffrey Fox Community Grids Lab, Indiana University, USA