Interfaces: The Next Generation

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Interfaces The Next Generation

• Integration Broker similar tools

Michael Stutz [phone] [phone]
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History

• 1925 Smoke Signals
• 1950 The Telephone
• 1975 Greenbar
• 1985 Tape
• 1995 FTP
• Today

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The Stage for Change

• HTML
• XML
• WSDL
• WSIL
• UDDI
• API
• JMS
• Jolt

• TCP/IP
• HTTP
• FTP
• SMTP
• Email
• SOAP
• MIME
• URL

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HTML

• Hypertext Markup Language
• Uses lt, gt, /, and a few other characters to
  designate code

lthtmlgt ltheadgtlt/headgt ltbodygtHello
World lt/bodygt lt/htmlgt
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XML

• Extensible Markup Language
• Uses lt, gt, /, and a few other characters to
  designate code, but continues on to be able to
  redefine itself.

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XSD

• XML Schema Definition
• A way to describe and validate XML data
• Allows the same custom tags to be read
  differently in different XML documents.
  (Namespaces)

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WSDL

• Web Services Definition Language
• Common XML language specific to businesses

WSI L

• Web Services Inspection Language
• Common XML language used to inspect a site for
  available services

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UDDI

• Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
• An internet directory where businesses list
  themselves on the and can discover each other.

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API

• Application Program Interface
• A set of routines, protocols, and tools for
  building software applications a set of building
  blocks to develop a program.

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JMS

• Java Message Server
• A proprietary protocol associated language
  similar in function to HTTP and HTML, only more
  complex.

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Jolt

• Java class library and API that provides an
  interface to BEA Tuxedo from remote Java clients

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TCP/IP

• Transmission Control Protocol
• Internet Protocol
• The first two networking protocols defined
• Today's IP networking represents a synthesis of
  two developments that began in the 1970s, namely
  LANs (Local Area Networks) and the Internet, both
  of which have revolutionized computing.
  (www.wikipedia.org)

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HTTP

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• Protocol for data transmission on the internet
• Original purpose to provide a way to publish and
  retrieve HTML pages. Development of HTTP was
  coordinated by the W3C (World Wide Web
  Consortium) and the IETF (Internet Engineering
  Task Force), culminating in the publication of a
  series of (RFCs) Request for Comments like RFC
  2616 (1999), which defines HTTP/1.1, the version
  of HTTP in common use today. (www.wikipedia.org)

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FTP / SFTP

• File Transfer Protocol
• SSH File Transfer Protocol
• A common misconception is that SFTP is simply FTP
  run over SSH in fact it is a new protocol
  designed from the ground up by the IETF SECSH
  working group. It is sometimes confused with
  Simple File Transfer Protocol. (www.wikipedia.org)
  

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Email

• Specific Format Layout
• Commonly Used
• Allows for Attachments

SMTP

• Send Mail Transfer Protocol

POP

• Post Office Protocol

IMAP

• Internet Message Access Protocol

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SOAP

• Simple Object Access Protocol
• A way of communicating between programs on
  different operating systems using HTTP and XML.

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MIME

• Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
• is an Internet Standard that extends the format
  of e-mail to support
• text in character sets other than US-ASCII
• non-text attachments
• multi-part message bodies and
• header information in non-ASCII character sets.
• (www.wikipedia.org)
• Most e-mail is transmitted via SMTP in MIME
  format
• The content types defined by MIME standards are
  also used in communication HTTP and other
  protocols

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URL/URI

• Uniform Resource Locator
• Universal Record Locator
• Uniform Resource Identifier

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Change of Paradigm

• Platform Independence
• Metadata
• Record Designer / Panel Designer
• PeopleCode
• Application Engine Component Interface
• File Layouts

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Integration Broker

• Interface
• Incoming
• Outgoing
• Round Trip
• Synchronicity
• Synchronous
• Asynchronous

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• Application Engine
• Component Interface
• Messages
• Service Operations