OASIS Members Approve Nine Web Services Specifications as OASIS Standards

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Nine web services specifications have been approved as OASIS Standards by the international open standards consortium OASIS. The approved specifications include WS-RX, WS-TX, and WS-SX, which support reliable message exchange, coordinate the outcome of distributed application actions, and enable trusted relationships. These standards are now considered the highest level of ratification, signifying their maturity and readiness for widespread adoption.

Key Takeaways:

  • Nine web services specifications were approved as OASIS Standards by OASIS members, including WS-RX, WS-TX, and WS-SX.
  • These standards support reliable message exchange, coordinate the outcome of distributed application actions, and enable trusted relationships.
  • The approved specifications allow messages to be transferred reliably despite failures in software components, systems, or networks.
  • The standards enable a broad range of features, including ordered delivery, duplicate elimination, and guaranteed receipt.
  • The WS-TX standards describe an extensible framework for coordinating transactions across a mixed vendor environment.
  • The WS-SX standards provide methods for issuing security tokens, establishing trust relationships, and allowing key material to be exchanged more efficiently.
  • All nine standards were developed under the Royalty-Free on RAND mode of the OASIS Intellectual Property Rights Policy.
  • Participation in the WS-RX, WS-TX, and WS-SX Technical Committees remains open to all interested parties.
  • Archives of the work are publicly accessible, and OASIS offers a mechanism for public comment.
  • IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Adobe, Axway, BMC, CA, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Intel, NEC, NeuStar, Nokia, Nortel, Novell, Progress Software, Red Hat, Ricoh, SAP, SOA Software, Software AG, TIBCO, VeriSign, and the US Veterans Health Administration have announced support for the WS OASIS Standards.

Statistics:

  • 100 countries are represented by OASIS members.
  • 600 organizations and 5,000 participants are part of the OASIS consortium.
  • 9 web services specifications have been approved as OASIS Standards.
  • The WS-RX, WS-TX, and WS-SX specifications support reliable message exchange, coordinate the outcome of distributed application actions, and enable trusted relationships.
  • The approved specifications allow messages to be transferred reliably despite failures in software components, systems, or networks, supporting ordered delivery, duplicate elimination, and guaranteed receipt.

Sources:

  • OASIS Web Services Reliable Exchange (WS-RX) TC
  • OASIS Web Services Transaction (WS-TX) TC
  • OASIS WS-SX Technical Committee
  • OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
  • OASIS open standards consortium
  • IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Adobe, Axway, BMC, CA, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Intel, NEC, NeuStar, Nokia, Nortel, Novell, Progress Software, Red Hat, Ricoh, SAP, SOA Software, Software AG, TIBCO, VeriSign, and the US Veterans Health Administration.