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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Tuning Your XML for Clean Web Services

Crap in, crap out -- it’s an axiom that applies to many aspects of enterprise development, but none more so than building reliable and robust web applications and integration projects with Extensible Markup Language (XML). Since its inception, XML has been seen as the cure-all for every problem related to web applications and integration projects. However, “crappy,” poorly written XML can either slow down an integration project, or worse, cause the integration project to collapse.

If it is written and used properly, XML does offer many advantages that can support reliable and robust web applications. The key to successfully using XML in an integration project is to first understand the inefficiencies that may cause poorly written XML, and then apply a rule-based system that establishes policies that can be adhered to.

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