Xaware

from the xaware.org website: "xaware accelerates application development and deployment by simplifying the complex task of building and maintaining access to and from multiple external data sources. it provides real-time, bi-directional data integration with a service-oriented flavor. xaware makes other tools and frameworks more productive by hiding data access complexity behind "xml views". xml views span any number of data sources, and can read data, write data, or transfer data between sets of sources, all within a distributed transaction. features and benefits of the xaware project include: * integrated bi-directional data access for multiple disparate data sources * eclipse-based designer: build, test and debug xml data views * engine runs in a standard container (servlet, j2ee), as an embedded integration engine, or as a standalone batch processor * access xml views through common technologies like soap, rest, http, messaging, or a java api * simplify data access for soa and ria