OpenSource engines, specifications, and tools for WebServices.

'''Engines'''

* Axis (Java,C++)  http://ws.apache.org/axis/
** An Apache project that implements SOAP1.1 and WSDL1.1
** See ApacheAxis
* Hessian (Java,C++,Python,PHP)  http://caucho.com/hessian/index.xtp
** Hessian is a compact binary protocol for connecting web services.
* Starwebservice http://www.starmiddleware.net/ws/
** Implements the  CORBA to WSDL/SOAP interworking specification, version 1.0
** Based on Axis
** Features:
*** 1. A SOAP message processing engine
*** 2. An CORBA IDL to WSDL/SOAP data type mapping mechanism
*** 3. A service provider for CORBA object location and invocation
*** 4. Service configuration and management
*** 5. An IDL to WSDL compiler, which covert CORBA IDL files to the corresponding WSDL files
*** 6. An Web-based management console which make the management of the server and the services e
* JibxSoap -- http://jibx.sourceforge.net/jibxsoap/index.html
** JibxSoap is a SOAP web services framework built around JiBX 
** JiBX wiki -- http://www.sosnoski.com/jibx-wiki/space/start
* XSOAP -- http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/xgws/xsoap/overview/index.html
** XSOAP (previously known as SoapRMI) is a RMI system based on SOAP that is implemented both in Java and C++ that allows to create and access web services. It has a simple and elegant RMI API that is not limited to Java RMI but is interoperable with Apache SOAP and hopefully any other SOAP 1.1 implementation. 

'''Specifications'''

* WSS4J (Java) http://ws.apache.org/ws-fx/wss4j/
** An implementation of the WS-Security specification for Java.
* WSS4C (C++) http://wiki.apache.org/ws/WSS4C
** An implementation of the WS-Security specification for C++.

'''Tools'''
* JMeter (Java) http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/
** A general purspose traffic generator that measures performance. It supports SOAP traffic generation.
* SOAP compression (in Axis) -- http://www.osmoticweb.com/axis-soap-compression.htm
* Configure and Monitor Axis -- http://demo.wsabi.org

'''Clients'''
* Laszlo http://www.laszlosystems.com
** Open source platform for the development and delivery of rich Internet applications on the World Wide Web.
** Supports SOAP http://www.laszlosystems.com/lps-2.2/docs/guide/rpc-soap.html
* gMorpher http://www.gmorpher.net
** Provides dynamic on-line invocation of Web services, plus load and performance testing.
* MozillaBrowser http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/group_WebServices.html
** Mozilla currently implements SOAP version 1.1

'''UDDI'''
* SOAP-UDDI (Java) http://soapuddi.sourceforge.net/
** UDDI 2.0 compliant registry for Web services

'''Links to open tools'''
* http://www.webservices.org/index.php/ws/content/view/full/41292
* http://www.osmoticweb.com/open-source-web-services.htm