Prasad Yendluri is principal architect at webMethods with a focus on Web services and the related standardization efforts. Prasad represents webMethods in W3C, OASIS and WS-I and is currently serving as editor of WS-I Basic Profile and WS-BPEL specifications. He was also lead architect for and coauthor of the RosettaNet Implementation Framework 2.0 and co-author and contributor to the ebXML Messaging Specification. Prasad has published several papers on Web services, recently on Web services reliability and Web services choreography.
Over the past couple of years, several technology vendors have defined a
comprehensive set of specifications that, when complete, will provide an
infrastructure for enterprise-class Web services interoperability. The names
of these specifications generally begin with "WS-", so the group of them is
sometimes referred to as WS* (pronounced "WS Splat").
This article identifies the important WS* standards, briefly defines those
that have not yet achieved mass-market acceptance, and describes the current
state of development for each. At the end, we offer our view of each
specification's relative market importance.
We will use Figure 1 to structure the discussion. Note: "Composable" means
that items are independent, and can be plugged together (or not) with
relative ease. "C... (more)
Prasad Yendluri is principal architect at webMethods with a focus on Web services and the related standardization efforts. Prasad represents webMethods in W3C, OASIS and WS-I and is currently serving as editor of WS-I Basic Profile and WS-BPEL specifications. He was also lead architect for and coauthor of the RosettaNet Implementation Framework 2.0 and co-author and contributor to the ebXML Messaging Specification. Prasad has published several papers on Web services, recently on Web services reliability and Web services choreography.
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