By Uche Ogbuji, IBM developerWorks
The world of XML and Web services is huge, and
growing. developerWorks does much to map it out for you, but when
you're looking for a schema or a public Web service to meet some
pressing need, it's useful to have handy several key resources.
This tip shows you how to comb through the enormous variety of
Internet resources to find schemata and Web services using common
search criteria. The best known source for finding public SOAP Web
services is XMethods. It has a comprehensive list of SOAP services
that you can sort by several criteria. It also provides a demo
client so you can try out the services right from the index site.
You can also keep track of the listings on XMethods
programmatically using UDDI, RSS, and other means.sites that
provide directories of Web services include RemoteMethods.com and
Web Service List. A chronicle of interesting Web services is Web
service of the Day.
One resource that straddles the Web
services/Semantic Web is WSindex.org, a directory of Web services,
XML, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, and Semantic Web resources. This site is a
hierarchical and searchable directory.
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tiplkws.html