One distinguishing feature of this book is that the technologies and standards that make up the Web services concept are examined in the context of a running example involving a non-trivial order management scenario. The running example is used to enhance readers’ understanding and add insight to the theoretical exposure and explanation of the concepts. In this book I adopt a progressive disclosure approach as I follow the running example continuously and add to it the layers of Web services technologies and standards. It is also used in the context of service-oriented architectures and services design and in the development sections of the book.
