Monday, January 31, 2005

Web Services Changes

The W3C and OASIS have a number of new standards for web services. The one of particular interest to PowerBuilder developers will be XOP (XML-binary Optimized Packaging), a standard means of transmitting binary data via XML. The others MTOM (Message Transformation Optimization Mechanism) and RRSHB (Resource Representation SOAP Header Block) are more under-the-covers implementations to improve performance. Unfortunately, the other key headache for web services developers is security, and those bodies are only starting to develop a common consensus on a new standard in that area.

2 comments:

Frank said...

Hello Paul,

is there a possibility to use mtom with PB 12.5 classic?

regards,
frank

Tobias said...

Hi,

I would like to know this, too. Please help.

regards,
Tobias