Another addition to the vaguely axis related library of reading matter is, Making Web Services that Work, by one S. Loughran. :
http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2002/HPL-2002-274.html Abstract: This paper explores the techniques and technology needed to make building production-quality web services a manageable problem. It approaches this problem in both software process and in the specifics of some areas of a Web Service - such as API, security and session management. ... So, it talks about (a) what i think makes a good process for getting web services out the door and (b) things you have to think about in the code to get it to production quality. It also starts to explore the notion of 'the component model of federated services': and the implications of what happens start building systems out of other systems in the web service federation. Comments, discussion, outright disagreement etc, welcome. -Steve
