hughesj 2003/01/27 09:18:03 Modified: java/doc release_notes_2_0.html Log: Small updates to announcement section Revision Changes Path 1.3 +28 -24 xml-axis-wsif/java/doc/release_notes_2_0.html Index: release_notes_2_0.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-axis-wsif/java/doc/release_notes_2_0.html,v retrieving revision 1.2 retrieving revision 1.3 diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 --- release_notes_2_0.html 27 Jan 2003 17:04:45 -0000 1.2 +++ release_notes_2_0.html 27 Jan 2003 17:18:03 -0000 1.3 @@ -8,36 +8,40 @@ <body bgcolor="white"> <h2>Release Notes for Apache WSIF 2.0</h2> -<p>WSIF (the "Web Services Invocation Framework") is a -WSDL-based API for invoking WSDL-described services. -WSIF developers interact with Web Services -at the abstract level through their WSDL descriptions, independently of -APIs used to communicate in specific a message format and over a specific -network protocol (eg SOAP APIs). +<p> WSIF (the "Web Services Invocation Framework") is a WSDL-based API for + invoking WSDL-described services. WSIF developers interact with Web Services + at the abstract level through their WSDL descriptions. This is done + independently of APIs specific to a message format or network protocol + (eg SOAP APIs). </p> -<p>With WSIF, developers can work with the same programming model regardless -of how the Web service is implemented and accessed.</p> +<p> With WSIF, developers work with the same programming model regardless of + how the Web service is implemented and accessed. WSIF achieves this with a + pluggable architecture with protocol-specific "providers" to handle + invocations according to a specific protocol. +</p> -<p>WSIF has a pluggable architecture with protocol-specific -"providers" to handle invocations according to a specific protocol. +<p> Apache WSIF 2.0 comes bundled with providers for SOAP (using Apache SOAP or + Axis), local java classes, EJBs, JMS services and applications accessible + via Java Connectors. WSIF also describes the specific WSDL extensions used + to make these kinds of applications accessible as WSDL-described services. </p> -<p>Apache WSIF 2.0 comes bundled with providers for SOAP -(using Apache SOAP or Axis), local java classes, EJBs, -JMS services and applications accessible via Java Connectors. -WSIF also describes the specific WSDL extensions used -to make these kinds of applications accessible as WSDL-described services.</p> +<p> WSIF allows stubless or completely dynamic invocation of a Web service, + based upon examination of the meta-data about the service at runtime. It + also allows updated implementations of a binding to be plugged into WSIF at + runtime, and it allows the calling service to defer choosing a binding until + runtime. +</p> -<p>WSIF allows stubless or completely dynamic invocation of a Web service, -based upon examination of the meta-data about the service at runtime. It -also allows updated implementations of a binding to be plugged into WSIF at -runtime, and it allows the calling service to defer choosing a binding until runtime. +<p> This is the first release of WSIF since it was contributed to the ASF, and + is named 2.0 to avoid confusion with previous non-Apache licensed 1.x + versions. </p> -<p>This is the first release of WSIF since it was contributed to the ASF by IBM, -and is named 2.0 to avoid confusion with previous non-Apache licensed 1.x -versions.</p> +<p> Thanks to all the committers, contributors and usersfor their efforts in + helping get our first release out. +</p> <H3>Main features:</H3> @@ -117,4 +121,4 @@ <a href="http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/~aslom/";>Aleksander Slominski</a> <br>Last modified: $Id$</address> </body> -</html> \ No newline at end of file +</html>
