Presentation to the CISTI New Ideas Forum (Jan 12, 2006) describing the potential benefits of SOA with regard to integration with client tools/applications on the desktop or in the browser.
Welcome to the Idea Forum This one’s certainly meets the criteria of ‘Idea’, in that it’s not particularly well thought out or demonstrated…. “ SOD” I will discuss potential applications of SOA/Web services in non-browser based interfaces. In particular the Yahoo Widget platform and a prototype widget (desktop application) communicating with CISTI's catalogue will be used to demonstrate the concepts and potential of web services, the new "desktop" technology platforms, and the recent trend towards integration at the client's desktop and application space.