Selected References, based on Transport Protocol

AXIS allows to create very fast a web service based on SOAP. It provides tools to create from your code WSDLs (Schemas used in web services). Additionally it helps you to deploy the service in a server like Tomcat. In about 1- 3 hours you can a simple service running.

Major problems are with the classpath and having it available outside the firewall (if you are behind one). Make sure that is is properly configured.

Project Introduction

Provides a collection of open-source tools for managing geospatial data. It provides powerful metadata editing and search functions as well as an embedded interactive web map viewer.