General Client Server Question

[ice78991]

I have read about organisations that send data to eachother in an agreed xml format. I was just wondering how this would generally be achieved. Would each organisation have to write a server program that listens for xml messages on a specifi port ( with a protocol to verify data has been exchanged etc) or would you expect each organisation to send (maybe email) .xml files which are then parsed. Are there any servers out there that deal with this type of xml exchange? Sorry if this all sounds a little vague but I'm just trying to get a general idea about this and was wondering if anyone has seen this in action and if so what system was implemented

 

[ice78991]

From what I can gather it is commonly implemented over http

 

[JontyMC]

Typically implemented over http using web services. As you say, there will be a web server listening for XML messages. There are plenty of tools available for creating/consuming web services. Using the .Net framework is probably the simplest I have used.

Just google for web services for plenty of info.

Jon

"I don't regret this, but I both rue and lament it.

 

[harebrain]

You can also ftp the xml files and use services to detect receipt.

 

[rkolva]

One of the simplest ways to exchange data between a client app and DB server is to use one of the established connection constructs (ODBC, ADO, SQL Passthrough, etc.) The underlying data format may not be strictly XML but in many cases converting to XML at either end is trivial.

My preference is to avoid those and transmit XML as Jon described, use http and build a web service.

Ralph