Industry Leaders Unite to Advance Web Services Technology with WS-Addressing Submission

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Leading technology companies BEA Systems, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, and Sun Microsystems have joined forces to submit the latest version of the WS-Addressing specification to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), marking a significant milestone in the advancement of web services technology. WS-Addressing enables organizations to build reliable and interoperable web services applications by defining a standard mechanism for identifying and exchanging web services messages between multiple endpoints.

Key Takeaways:

  • The joint submission of WS-Addressing represents a collaborative effort among industry leaders to advance web services technology and provide a standards-based foundation for secure, transacted, asynchronous, and reliable web services.
  • WS-Addressing is a key part of the core web services architecture, designed to underlie other specifications such as WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Federation, and WS-AtomicTransaction.
  • The submission of WS-Addressing demonstrates the co-authors' commitment to open industry standards and their intent to drive widespread adoption of web services.
  • The co-authors will not charge royalties in conjunction with WS-Addressing, with the aim of easing adoption and fostering further collaboration in bringing together a cohesive web services architecture.
  • The submission of WS-Addressing is a part of a longer-term effort to provide a standards-based foundation for web services, backed by significant industry support.

Statistics:

  • Over 15,000 customers around the world are served by BEA Systems, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500.
  • IBM is the world's largest information technology company, helping businesses and organizations innovate through a wide range of services, solutions, and technologies.
  • SAP is the world's leading provider of business software solutions, with more than 23,400 customers in over 120 countries running over 79,800 installations of SAP software.
  • Sun Microsystems has been a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software, and services that make the Net work since its inception in 1982.
  • Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential, founded in 1975.

Sources:

  • "BEA Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., SAP AG and Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced the submission of the latest version of a key Web services specification, WS-Addressing, to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as input into the standardization process."
  • "About BEA," http://www.bea.com/
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  • "About Sun Microsystems," http://www.sun.com/
  • "About Microsoft," http://www.microsoft.com/