We took a much broader view to say that the bus is really all of your XML, HTTP, and JMS -- all of your communications -- and it encompasses a variety of clients and servers and different endpoints.

In addition, version 1.1.1 of Apache Synapse has been released under Apache 2.0 software licensing. The higher profile for Apache Synapse marks its ability to go beyond "just integrating Web services, ...

Apache Synapse: 'intermediary' or 'bus'? Can open-sourcing ESB bring together a fragmented concept? Written by Joe McKendrick, Contributing Writer Sept. 2, 2005 at 2:45 a.m. PT.

Go beyond a few basic protocols, and confusion still reigns in the wild world of Web services and SOA. Not just the towering, complex stack of Web services specs, but also fundamental questions ...

Called Apache Synapse, the proposed project will create server software that processes XML documents as they travel between two machines.

Apache kick-starts open source Web services Synapse project aims to deliver a scalable, distributed services broker based on Web services standards ...