Steve,

The first link you reference doesn't work:

http://dsonline.computer.org/0210/d/w5midd.htm
"The requested object does not exist on this server. The link you followed
is either outdated, inaccurate, or the server has been instructed not to let
you have it."

Alan.


"Steve Vinoski" <vinoski@i...> wrote in message
news:6c2690b5.0406040633.4b838909@p......
> Gerald Brose <gerald.brose@x...> wrote in message
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> > (I would like to point out
> > Steve Vinoski's "Middleware dark matter" article to all those believing
> > that CORBA is the only true middleware around.)
>
> Thanks for the reference, Gerald. In fact, I've written a number of
> papers and articles related to this very IDL/WSDL topic. You can find
> the dark matter paper and the others here:
>
> <http://dsonline.computer.org/0210/d/w5midd.htm>
>
<http://www.iona.com/hyplan/vinoski/pdfs/IEEE-Integration_With_Web_Services.
pdf>
>
<http://www.iona.com/hyplan/vinoski/pdfs/IEEE-Web_Services_Interaction_Model
s_Part_1.pdf>
>
<http://www.iona.com/hyplan/vinoski/pdfs/IEEE-Web_Services_Interaction_Model
s_Part_2.pdf>
> <http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=7990/cujcexp1910vinoski/>
>
> I should also mention some relevant OMG work that IONA is leading at
> the moment. At the previous meeting, back at the end of April, we
> succeeded in getting the OMG to issue an RFP for a WSDL-to-C++
> mapping:
>
> <http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/apps/do_doc?mars/04-04-22.pdf>
>
> At the next meeting later this month, I'll be presenting a proposal
> that the OMG issue an RFP for a CORBA binding for WSDL. Most people
> associate only SOAP with WSDL, but WSDL is in fact specifically
> designed to be extended with non-SOAP bindings. Some of this is
> discussed in the second paper referenced above.
>
> At IONA we have a product called Artix that supports WSDL-based access
> for CORBA systems, MQ Series, Tuxedo, TIBCO, SOAP, J2EE. This is not a
> SOAP-to-whatever bridge, but instead supports native bindings for
> these technologies (though it can also bridge SOAP to these other
> things). The Artix WSDL CORBA binding is the one we'll submit to the
> OMG if the accept our above-mentioned proposal and issue the RFP. You
> can read more about Artix and download a free Artix developer kit
> here:
>
> <http://www.iona.com/products/artix/welcome.htm>
>
> Artix gives you the best of both worlds, in that it preserves your
> investment in CORBA, while also allowing you to marry it rather
> seamlessly and with high performance to other middleware and to web
> services.
>
> --steve