Web Services Interoperability Video

MSDN is hosting a new streamable video, “Top Ten Tips for Web Services Interoperability“. In this video, Microsoft’s Simon Guest discusses a number of concrete ways to create services which will earn top marks in the “plays well with others” category. Topics covered include:

1. Empty arrays
2. Package names
3. Testing for null
4. Avoiding null dates
5. Date comparisons
6. Using a trace tool
7. Using alternate ports
8. Unit tests
9. Document Literal
10. XSD

There is a lot of good information here, much of it relevant to service callers as well as to service implementers.