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Service-Oriented Architecture:
A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services
Note that all sample chapters include the book title page and table of contents, as well as "About the Author" and "About SOA Systems" pages.
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Why this guide is important
1.2 The XML & Web Services Integration Framework
1.3 How this guide is organized
1.4 www.soabooks.com
1.5 Contact the author

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Chapter 7: Integrating XML and Databases
7.1 Comparing XML and relational databases
7.2 Integration architectures for XML & relational databases
7.3 Strategies for integrating XML with relational databases
7.4 Techniques for mapping XML to relational data
7.5 Database extensions
7.6 Native XML databases

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Chapter 13: Thirty Best Practices for Integrating Web Services
13.1 Best practices for planning service-oriented projects
13.2 Best practices for standardizing Web services
13.3 Best practices for designing service-oriented
        environments
13.4 Best practices for managing service-oriented
        development projects
13.5 Best practices for implementing Web services

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