Kirk Evans Blog

Simon Guest announced a new WSE 2.0 tracing tool that looks pretty slick, and supports tracing both HTTP and TCP. Whenever I have given presentations on web services, people want to know about the tools that are available for tracing. Here's a short list...

I recently received a comment from DotNetDave , or someone posting as him. The comment referred to a post I made titled “ Removing Namespaces in XML, Security in ASP.NET ” in which I updated a link to another post entitled “ How do I...

I am speaking at the Chattanooga .NET User Group tomorrow, August 10th. I had a heck of a time coming up with a topic, and decided to put together a session on SOA that fills the gaps between Metropolis and HST . This session is titled “The Pipes...

I recently saw a question posted on working with configuration files in .NET. > I wanted to do something like > > <appSettings> > <Servicing> > <add key="Report1" value="???"/> > <add key="Report2" value="???"/>...

Like speaking at user groups? Do you look forward to TechEd and PDC for the chance to network with other developers? Are you usually the go-to person that everyone asks how to do something using .NET? I am a .NET Developer Evangelist. I have an incredible...

WS-Addressing has been submitted and recognized by the W3C as a member submission. This is great news. Note the company names of the authors: Microsoft, IBM, BEA, SAP, and Sun. This is great news as it shows that the industry is starting to agree on the...

If you haven't already, you need to set a bookmark for Sam Gentile's new portal . Sam is a great resource for all things CLR, Rotor, and COM interop. The documents section has a link to his article in MSDN on COM interop, which is one of the best explanations...

Michael Rys, SQL XQuery PM, is asking for your help on the appropriate serialization format for DateTime, Date, and Time within SQL Server Yukon . Go to Kent's blog and cast your vote. Here are my wishes: Q1:xs:datetime-2, xs:date-3, xs:time-1 Q2: 2 Q3...

The WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 should include in its claims that schemas will not rely on the Post Schema Validation Infoset (PSVI). In the meantime, I submit this issue to Simon's web services interoperability potential issues list with a rather lengthy...

Arghh... 2 hours until this meeting, hopefully it hits everyone's aggregators in time. Tonight's Atlanta .NET User Group meeting should be a great one! Starting off the night, Doug Ware of Magenic will talk to the group about the Visual Studio Express...

WS-Eventing was republished today with Sun and IBM joining in the effort. This is great news as it proves that the industry is reaching agreement around a composable architecture for the WS-* specifications. Note also that WS-Eventing references WS-Addressing...