OVERVIEW: Web Services and SPEECHSC Speech Engines and audio sub-systems are considered as web services programmed by SOAP, WSDL, WSFL and discovered via UDDI. SOAP is bound to underlying protocol (HTTP, TCP, SIP, BEEP, ...) Audio-sub-systems and Speech engines defined by WSDL interfaces Web services programmed with WSDL Web services combined / composed with WSFL Web services discovered by UDDI (or other similar mechanisms) Additional events and messages via SOAP and à la WSXL (coordination among web services) Web services provide advertisement mechanisms Security can be provided by WS-Security |