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My apologies . Our mailing server is experiencing problems.This
e-mail was originally send yesterday morning.
Hi
It's been confirmed that the talk is gonna be on the 20th of
November(2003) . I'm still sorting out the venue and will let you
know as soon as all is done.
Axl(the speaker) , said he's happy to *start* at 7pm.I hope that's
ok for everyone.The venue is gonna be at MagmaTec (at Greenford
Estate) , in Kenilworth.
For directions on how to get there , click on the map link at this
URL : http://www.magmatec.co.za/contact.html
As ,mentioned in the last e-mail .Axl will cover the Web Services
landscape in the following way:
1. A brief history of the internet,
2. a brief history of Web Services,
3. parallels that can be drawn from the growth in popularity of
the internet that can be applied to Web Services,
4. problems we're facing in Web Services and
5. an overview of how different technologies fit together in the
Web Services space.
Axl is a a member of the following expert groups at JCP.org.
1. JSR 104 - Define a standard set of APIs and a protocol
for a "Trust Service" A key objective of the protocol
design
is to minimize the complexity of applications using XML
Signature.By becoming a client of the trust service,
the
application is relieved of the complexity and syntax of
the
underlying PKI used to establish trust relationships,
which may be
based upon a different specification such as
X.509/PKIX,
SPKI or PGP.
2. JSR 105 - Define a standard set of APIs for XML digital
signatures services. The XML Digital Signature
specification
is defined by the W3C. This proposal is to define and
incorporate the high level implementation
independentJava APIs.
3. JSR 106 - Define a standard set of APIs for XML digital
encryption services. This proposal is to define and
incorporate the high level implementation independent
Java APIs.
4. JSR 115 - Define a contract between containers and
authorization service providers that will result in the
implementation of providers for use by containers.
5. JSR 155 - To provide a set of APIs, exchange patterns &
implementation to securely (integrity and
confidentiality)
exchange assertions between web services based on OASIS
SAML.
6. JSR 183 - Define a standard set of APIs for Web services
message security. The goal of this JSR is to enable
applications to construct secure SOAP message
exchanges.
Jeff Mutonho
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