Interoperability is an important factor in the success of solutions that are
based on Web Services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), along with
other key factors such as contracts, loose coupling, and reuse.
Interoperability is generally accomplished by developing your Web Services
using the well-established guidelines for implementing Web Services and by
following industry standards such as XML, WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI. However, just
following Web Services standards and guidelines during the development phase
of a project isn't sufficient to achieve interoperability.
The different products used for development also have to comply with many
requirements such as the need to have similar implementations (data types,
formats, and schemas) of the standards that you want ... (more)
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) provides tools and features that
can be used in almost all areas of software development. As Microsoft VSTS
has a broad spectrum of features and target areas, some of its core feature
areas are still not well understood by many people working with the product.
One of these feature areas is the methodology management system for software
developme... (more)