Introduction-Characteristics of Client Server Computing - Advantages of Client Server Computing disadvantages of Client Server Computing Difference between Client Server Computing and Peer to Peer Computing- client server models. Benefits of client server computing pitfalls of client server programming, CORBA with Java: Distributed programming with Java RMI- Overview of CORBA - CORBA IDL, Client/server programming with CORBA & Java.

XMI. Technology: XML-Name Spaces Structuring With Schemas and DTD-Presentation Techniques-Transformation-XML. Infrastructure. SOAP Overview of SOAP-HTTP-XML-RPC-SOAP: Protocol- Message Structure-Intermediaries Actors Design Patterns And Faults SOAP with Attachments.

What are Web Services? Functions of Web Services Components of Web Service-How Does Web Service Work? Features/ Characteristics of Web Service Advantages of Web Service - Web Services Architecture - Web Services Security Web Services Standards.

Agent Communication and Collaboration: Overview of Agent Oriented Programming-Agent communication Language-Agent Based Framework of Interoperability Agents for Information Gathering Open Agent Architecture-Communicative Action for Artificial Agent.

Architecture: Agents for Information Gathering Open Agent Architecture-Communicative Action for Artificial Agent.