Re: Enterprise Application Integration

Hi,

By reading this I am not sure if what you want to do is a
customized integration for a customer, or to provide a generic
integration interface to go along with your toolkit.

If you are going to provide a generic integration interface with
your software, I would say use SOAP::Lite, for the very reasons
you suggested.  Wider application and standards compliance.  From
what I have seen and done, I don't think SOAP::Lite is substantially
harder to use than XML::RPC.

However if you are doing a custom project then I would suggest
you need to base your decision on what technologies the applications
you wish to integrate already use.  Do they have SOAP or XML::RPC
interfaces?  If not, and if all you need to do is exchange XML
documents, I would seriously be inclined to simply use email or
standard CGI on a web server to pass the documents around.  Or a
message system like MQSeries or Tibco.  This would probably be
somewhat faster to implement.  If all you want to do is pass some
XML data around, SOAP could be overkill.

Again, it all depends on the nature of your project.

Cheers,

Sean


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ranga Nathan [mailto:ranga.nathan@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 2:11 PM
> To: SOAP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [SOAP] Enterprise Application Integration
>
>
> I am proposing an integration project using our software Any2XML (free
> download at http://goreliance.com/devel) which is also available as an
> ActiveX dll. While this will work as an agent between disparate
> applications, I still need a transport mechanism to deliver the
> messages. As we do almost all our work in Perl, I am not sure if I
> should stick with XML::RPC or SOAP::Lite. It appears that XML::RPC is
> certainly quicker to implement and less complex but SOAP
> holds a bigger
> promise of wider application and standards compliance. But SOAP is not
> 'Lite' anymore with the way the big companies are pushing it.We are
> working with tight budgets and need to complete projects quickly in
> order to see some money.
>
> I am trying to learn from others' experience before I committ to
> anything. Thanks for your input
>
> ---Closing information gaps-----
> Ranga Nathan, Reliance Technololgy
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