Thisbookisacomprehensiveguide,splitintothreesections.TheinitialsectionofthebookprovidesanintroductiontotheOracleSOASuiteanditsvariouscomponents,andwillgiveyouafast-pacedhands-onintroductiontoeachofthekeycomponentsinturn.ThenextsectionillustratestheusageofthevariouscomponentsoftheSOASuitetoimplementareal-worldSOA-basedsolutionwiththehelpofanexampleofanonlineauctionsite(oBay).Thefinalsectioncoversotherconsiderationssuchasthepackaging,deployment,testing,security,andadministrationofSOAapplications.ThisbooktargetsdevelopersandtechnicalarchitectswhoworkintheSOAdomain.Theprimarypurposeofthebookistoprovidethemwitha"handson"practicalguidetousingandapplyingtheOracleSOASuiteinthedeliveryofreal-worldcompositeapplications.ItpresumesbasicunderstandingoftheconceptsofSOA,aswellassomeofthekeystandardsinthisspace,includingwebservices(SOAP,WSDL),XMLSchemas,andXSLT(andXPath).