Is there a network diagram standard for illustrating web services?

Question

I'm putting together a Solution Architecture document for an enhancement we're adding to our site and it occurs to me that I've never formally illustrated a web service call before.

Is there a convention for how web service calls are illustrated on your garden-variety network diagram? Can anyone point me to examples or share something on Create.ly (or similar service)?

Answer 1

We use UML sequence diagrams.

See http://www.agilemodeling.com/artifacts/sequenceDiagram.htm for an example.

See http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-tip-uml4.html for advice.

See http://www.sequencediagrameditor.com/diagrams/AutomatedRegistrationSystem.htm for another example.

Answer 2

Network Diagram Software