9 Web Services Standards approved by OASIS

OASIS, the International Open Standards Consortium, announced that its members have approved new versions of 9 Web Services Standards as OASIS Standards, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification.

The WS Reliable Exchange (WS-RX), WS Transactions (WS-TX), and WS Secure Exchange (WS-SX) standards support reliable message exchange, coordinate the outcome of distributed application actions, and enable trusted relationships. These standards now include updated references to the latest versions of all cited specifications, enhancing their composability and stand alone use. Their approval marks a milestone in the maturity of Web Services technology.

3 WS-RX Standards - WS ReliableMessaging 1.2, WS ReliableMessaging Policy 1.2, and WS MakeConnection 1.1, allow messages to be transferred reliably despite failures in software components, systems, or networks. They enable a broad range of features, including ordered delivery, duplicate elimination, and guaranteed receipt.

3 WS-TX Standards - WS-Coordination 1.2, WS-AtomicTransaction 1.2, and WS-BusinessActivity 1.2, describe an extensible framework for coordinating transactions across a mixed vendor environment.

3 WS-SX Standards - WS-Trust 1.4, WS-SecureConversation 1.4, and WS-SecurityPolicy 1.3, provide methods for issuing security tokens, establishing trust relationships, and allowing key material to be exchanged more efficiently.

All 9 standards were developed under the Royalty-Free on RAND mode of the OASIS Intellectual Property Rights Policy.