March 5, 2007

8:30 AM - 4:45 PM

Level: Introductory/All Levels

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is taking the business and technologies spaces by storm. Yet, the challenges that face us all are to truly understanding what SOA is, and how it affects our discipline and role. This tutorial will provide a practical and real-world explanation for SOA, and guide the data practitioner through the supporting Web services standards. It will also point out where the data practitioner can have influence and add value.

You will learn about and understand:

• Service Oriented Architecture
• Supporting Web Services standards
• Service Artifacts and Metadata (real syntactical examples)
• Service Oriented Data Access - The "role" of the Data Practitioner
  

James Bean has authored five books and over 100 magazine articles on the topics of: data modeling, database design, XML, Web Services, and Global Standards. He is a sought after subject matter expert for Web Services, EAI, SOA, and all things data and metadata. He is also a frequently requested speaker for international, national, and regional conferences and professional groups.