Integrating XML and CORBA

This paper studies the reason of integrating XML and CORBA. The characteristics of XML and CORBA specification are described. There are four modes of integrating XML and CORBA:XML as Strings, DOM/Value mapping, SOAP and Web services, then analyses four implement methods and their weakness, point out the Web services is the best methods which provides the method to integrate the loose-couple Web application with the tight-couple CORBA application.