Preface

Oracle Dynamic Services is a Java-based programmatic framework for incorporating, managing, and deploying Internet services. Oracle Dynamic Services makes it easy for application developers to rapidly incorporate existing services residing in Web sites, local databases, or proprietary systems into their own applications.

Audience

This guide is for developers who want to easily and more quickly develop customized, dynamic, Internet service offerings as business opportunities for their customers. An understanding of Oracle9i, Java, and XML is required.

Organization

This guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:

Chapter 1	Introduces Oracle Dynamic Services; explains concepts.
Chapter 2	Describes the Oracle Dynamic Services installation.
Chapter 3	Describes Oracle Dynamic Services configuration and how to use Oracle Dynamic Services.
Chapter 4	Describes advanced installation options.
Chapter 5	Describes the Java and PL/SQL Web application development interfaces for accessing the Dynamic Services engine.
Chapter 6	Describes how to build a service.
Chapter 7	Describes service administration tasks.
Chapter 8	Describes known issues and problems with the current release of Oracle Dynamic Services.
Appendix A	Describes some helpful links to W3C specifications.
Appendix B	Describes some frequently asked questions (FAQ).
Appendix C	Describes the descriptive matrix of the schemas and adaptors supplied by Oracle Dynamic Services.
Appendix D	Describes the sample service packages.
Appendix E	Describes Oracle Dynamic Services error messages.
Glossary	Describes the Oracle Dynamic Services terms.

Related Documents

Note: For information added after the release of this guide, see the online README.txt file in your ORACLE_HOME directory. Depending on your operating system, this file may be in: On UNIX systems: ORACLE_HOME/ds/doc/README.txt On Windows NT systems: ORACLE_HOME\ds\doc\README.txt See your operating-system specific installation guide for more information. For the latest documentation, see the Oracle Technology Network Web site: http://otn.oracle.com/

For more information, see the following manuals:

• Oracle9i XML Reference
• PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference
• Oracle Internet Directory Administrator's Guide
• Oracle9i Java Developer's Guide
• Oracle9i Java Stored Procedures Developer's Guide
• Oracle9i Enterprise JavaBeans Developer's Guide and Reference
• Oracle9i JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference
• Oracle9i SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference

Conventions

In this guide, Oracle Dynamic Services is sometimes referred to as Dynamic Services.

The following conventions are used in this guide:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted.
. . .	Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted
boldface text	Boldface in text indicates a term defined in the text, the glossary, or in both locations.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.

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