http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:46:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Data-oriented middleware has always been one of the most important, and troublesome areas of interoperability. When XML came around, there were very high hopes for improved data exchange among diverse systems. An interesting effort looking to spur things along is the Data Documentation Initiative. http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/12/04/data-documentation-initiative/ Consulting giant SAIC has launched an initiative to create SOA interoperability standards within the energy industry. SAIC is inviting participation in this effort. The company has been working for over two years with BP and other energy companies in the definition, development and implementation of SOA interoperability standards. Earlier this ... http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/28/energy-industry-soa-interop-initiative-launched/ There are interoperability options abounding these days, and Python is part of the trend. On the Java side, Jython has emerged as a useful bridging mechanism. Daniel Rubio describes some basics in employing Python within Java, which can be useful for developers that may stand to benefit from Python's aptness ... http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/21/using-python-within-java/ We had some fun on this blog a little while ago when Huw Collingbourne ably essayed on Ruby, its place in the development world, and its possible resemblance to the original Visual Basic, as a quick, productive route to application building. See Is Ruby the New VB?  .  That post ... http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/20/look-back-a-view-on-ruby-visual-basic-commentaries/ Python, designed to optimize programming effort, has found its own adherents. It also has found something of a home as a cross-platform language. Versions can operate with both Java and .NET. This miniguide points you to resources for Python, including Jython and IronPython implementations. http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/15/python-mini-learning-guide/ We take a quick look at another aspect of interop tonight. People have been blogging for a while now, and their online personas are seeking to interoperate, unencumbered, with their sites and personas ... http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/10/interop-goes-to-a-social-networking-party/ Language ‘mashups’ in .NET will become more prominent as use of the .NET DLR expands, said David Laribee. He predicts that Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) will become more common as developers become polygots, working with many languages. So, perhaps, the DSL is “The Real Juice of the DLR... http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/07/dsls-let-a-hundred-languages-spring-forth/ Last week the Burton Group sponsored a User-Centric Identity Interop event in Barcelona. Participants tested identity selectors and identity providers. CA, IBM, Microsoft, and WS02 were just some of the participants. A wiki outlines what happened. Included is a brief description of some profile issues. Is federated Identity on the ... http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/03/identity-interop-fest-in-spain/ Microsoft's Dino Chiesa recently appeared on SearchSOA.com to discuss WCF, where it is at, how it got there. He said that WCF is pegged as a generalized approach to services-oriented development. Developers of distributed systems told MS they wanted fewer programming interfaces for communications, Chiesa writes. http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/02/chiesa-on-wcf-and-soa/ In a Guest Blog entry, SapphireSteel Software's Huw Collingbourne writes about Ruby for TheServerSide Interoperability blog.  The Ruby programming bandwagon is picking up speed and both Sun and Microsoft have jumped onboard, he says. In a way, Ruby embodies many of the features that made Visual Basic so successful. It ... http://tssblog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/30/is-ruby-the-new-vb/