Building domain-specific projects by using the NetCentric profile

About this task

The IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® NetCentric Profile builds domain-specific projects for a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) or to support Network Centric Warfare (DoDAF) Applications. In SOA projects, developers begin by writing the interface specifications using Web Service Description Language (WSDL), a complex XML schema.

Unfortunately, WSDL requires that the data types be fully defined and contain legal XML types. WSDL also requires the developers to define the interface calls in terms of where the services are to be deployed (bindings and namespaces). These details are not always known during the initial design phase. The NetCentric profile helps the engineer bridge this gap from the design concepts to the WSDL file production.


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