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Subject: OASIS Call for Participation: OASIS Web Services Discovery and Web Services Devices Profile TC
To: OASIS members & interested parties
A new OASIS technical committee is being formed. The OASIS Web Services
Discovery and Web Services Devices Profile (WS-DD) Technical Committee has been
proposed by the members of OASIS listed below. The proposal, below, meets the
requirements of the OASIS TC Process [a]. The TC name, statement of purpose,
scope, list of deliverables, audience, and language specified in the proposal
will constitute the TC's official charter. Submissions of technology for
consideration by the TC, and the beginning of technical discussions, may occur
no sooner than the TC's first meeting.
This TC will operate under our IPR Policy [b]. The eligibility requirements
for becoming a participant in the TC at the first meeting (see details below)
are that:
(a) you must be an employee of an OASIS member organization or an individual
member of OASIS;
(b) the OASIS member must sign the OASIS membership agreement [c];
(c) you must notify the TC chair of your intent to participate at least 15
days prior to the first meeting, which members may do by using the "Join this
TC" button on the TC's public page at [d]; and
(d) you must attend the first meeting of the TC, at the time and date fixed
below.
Of course, participants also may join the TC at a later time. OASIS and the TC
welcomes all interested parties.
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Regards,
Mary
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
OASIS Web Services Discovery and Web Services Devices Profile (WS-DD) Technical
Committee
a. Name of the TC
OASIS Web Services Discovery and Web Services Devices Profile (WS-DD) Technical
Committee
b. Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the Web Services Discovery and Web Services Devices Profile
(WS-DD) Technical Committee (TC) is to define:
* A lightweight dynamic discovery protocol to locate web services that
composes with other Web service specifications.
* A binding of SOAP to UDP (User Datagram Protocol) [1], including message
patterns, addressing requirements, and security considerations.
* A profile of Web Services protocols consisting of a minimal set of
implementation constraints to enable secure Web service messaging, discovery,
description, and eventing on resource-constrained endpoints.
The TC will accomplish this purpose through continued refinement of Web Services
Discovery (WS-Discovery) specification [2], SOAP-over-UDP specification [3], and
Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) specification [4] submitted to the TC as
referenced in this charter.
c. Scope of Work
The TC will accept as input:
* WS-Discovery [2].
* SOAP-over-UDP [3].
* DPWS [4].
Other contributions will be accepted for consideration without any prejudice or
restrictions and evaluated based on technical merit in so far as they conform to
this charter.
The scope of the TC's work includes further refinement and finalization of the
input WS-Discovery specification [2] to produce a standard version of the
specification, including WSDL documents and XML schema renderings, which enables
dynamic discovery of web services. This includes:
* A mechanism to:
o Announce the arrival into a network (Hello message).
o Announce departure from a network (Bye message).
o Probe a network for matching services (Probe and ProbeMatch messages)
where the match criteria for locating services is limited to the type of the
service, the binding used by the service, and the administrative scope URIs
assigned to the service.
o Resolve an endpoint address to a transport address (Resolve and
ResolveMatch messages).
* Support for the above mechanism in ad hoc networks (based on SOAP-over-UDP)
and managed networks (based on SOAP-over-HTTP).
* Assignment of IP address and port used for discovery in ad hoc networks.
* Multicast suppression using discovery proxy in managed networks.
* Support for UDP (based on SOAP-over-UDP) and HTTP (based on SOAP-over-HTTP)
transports.
* Guidance on use of endpoint addresses.
* An optional security model:
o Securing multicast messages sent on ad hoc networks over UDP transport
using compact signature format (based on WS-Security).
* Guidance on security considerations:
o Securing messages sent on managed networks over HTTP transport (HTTPS
based transport level security and WS-Security based message level security).
* A mechanism to order messages based on the order in which messages are
transmitted from a service instance.
* XML Schema and WSDL to describe the following discovery protocol messages:
o One-way Hello and Bye announcement operations.
o One-way Probe, ProbeMatch, Resolve, and ResolveMatch operations for use in
ad hoc networks.
o Request-response operations to handle Probe, ProbeMatch, Resolve, and
ResolveMatch messages for discovery proxy interactions in managed networks.
* Extensibility of Hello, Bye, Probe, ProbeMatch, Resolve, and ResolveMatch
messages.
* Extensibility of scope matching algorithms.
The scope of the TC's work includes further refinement and finalization of the
input SOAP-over-UDP specification [3] to produce a standard version of the
specification that provides a SOAP binding to UDP. This includes:
* Details of the UDP packet carrying the payload (SOAP envelope) including its
header.
* Definition of the following message exchange patterns (MEPs):
o Unicast one-way.
o Multicast one-way.
o Unicast request, unicast response.
o Multicast request, unicast response.
* Rules for multicast, retransmission, and message encoding.
* Guidance on security considerations (based on WS-Security).
The scope of the TC's work includes further refinement and finalization of the
input DPWS specification [4] to produce a standard version of the profile
specification, including XML schema renderings, which promotes both
interoperability between resource-constrained Web service implementations and
interoperability with more flexible client implementations using a core set of
Web service specifications in the following areas:
* Sending messages to and from a Web service (based on SOAP, WS-Addressing)
using UDP and HTTP transports.
* Dynamically discovering a Web service (based on WS-Discovery).
* Describing a Web service (based on WSDL, WS-Policy, WS-MetadataExchange,
WS-Transfer, and XML Schema).
* Subscribing to and receiving events from a Web service (based on
WS-Eventing), including description of event notifications in WSDL.
* Use of HTTPS in conjunction with compact signature security mechanism
defined in WS-Discovery.
* Optional security mechanism (using HTTPS based transport level security and
WS-Security).
o Support for X.509 certificates.
WS-Discovery and SOAP-over-UDP specifications shall remain general, and broadly
applicable, to device, enterprise, and other relevant usage scenarios.
WS-Discovery, SOAP-over-UDP, and DPWS specifications will uphold the basic
principles of other Web services specifications of independence and composition
and must be composable with the other specifications in the Web services
architecture such as, but not limited to, HTTP 1.1 [5], SOAP 1.2 [6],
SOAP-over-HTTP binding [7], WS-Addressing [8], WSDL 1.1 [9], WSDL Binding for
SOAP 1.2 [10], WS-Eventing [11], WS-MetadataExchange [12], WS-Policy [13],
WS-PolicyAttachment [14], WS-Security [15], WS-Transfer [16], XML Schema [17]
[18], WS-SecureConversation [19], and WS-Trust [20], AES/TLS [21], SHA1 [22],
TLS [23], and X.509 v3 [24].
If any specification to be referenced by DPWS, WS-Discovery, or SOAP-over-UDP is
outside of a standardization process at the time this TC moves to ratify the
profile, or is not far enough along in the standardization process, any
normative references to it in the TC output will be expressed in an abstract
manner, and the incarnation will be left at that time as an exercise in
interoperability.
While enabling composition with other specifications is a goal of the TC, it is
also a goal to leave the specifics of how that composition is achieved outside
the scope of the DPWS, WS-Discovery, and SOAP-over-UDP specifications.
This TC may produce the following non-normative supporting documents for
WS-Discovery, SOAP-over-UDP and DPWS specifications:
* Primer or white paper describing usage scenarios and best practices.
* Interoperation test scenarios.
Out of Scope
The following is a non-exhaustive list provided only for the sake of clarity. If
some function, mechanism or feature is not mentioned here, and it is not
mentioned as in-scope in the Scope of Work section either, then it will be
deemed to be out of scope.
The TC will not define a mapping of the functions and elements described in the
specifications to any programming language or particular messaging middleware.
Except for the elements directly related to the functions in the scope of the
specifications, the TC will not prescribe the format of messages that are
transferred according to the specifications.
Where required, these functions are achieved by composition with other Web
services specifications. The TC will not attempt to define functionality
duplicating that of a specification normatively referenced in the input
specification.
This TC will not specify changes to specifications, including but not limited to
the referenced specifications, external to the input DPWS, WS-Discovery, and
SOAP-over-UDP specifications.
This TC will not produce any other specification or document – normative or
non-normative – other than:
* WS-Discovery version 1.1 specification.
* SOAP-over-UDP version 1.1 specification.
* DPWS version 1.1 specification.
* Non-normative supporting documents for WS-Discovery, SOAP-over-UDP and DPWS
specifications:
o Primer or white paper describing usage scenarios and best practices.
o Interoperation test scenarios.
For clarity, the out of scope features include, but are not limited to, the
following:
* Support for SOAP 1.1.
* Support for WSDL 2.0.
* Mechanisms for provisioning or deployment, or guidance on provisioning or
deployment technologies, either by inclusion or reference.
* Use or definition of mechanisms or protocols, other than those defined or
used in the input specifications, such as:
o Additional addressing mechanisms.
o Additional discovery protocols.
o Additional match criteria while probing the network for matching services.
o Paging mechanisms for discovering services during discovery proxy
interactions.
o Discovery proxy implementation details such as caching and data handling
techniques.
o Additional device description languages or protocols for obtaining
descriptions from implementations.
o Additional eventing protocols.
o Additional metadata exchange or transfer mechanisms.
o Additional security algorithms or mechanisms.
o Support for security certificates other than X.509.
o Support for additional transport protocols other than UDP and HTTP.
* Descriptions for any particular device or service types.
* Message formats or mechanisms other than SOAP messages.
* Features, mechanisms, extension points, or optimizations beyond those
defined in the input specifications [2] [3] [4] are out of scope, unless
included as in scope.
Constraining WS-Discovery and SOAP-over-UDP specifications to specific usage
scenarios, such as use only with devices, is disallowed.
d. Deliverables
This TC has the following set of deliverables:
* WS-Discovery version 1.1 specification.
* SOAP-over-UDP version 1.1 specification.
* DPWS version 1.1 specification.
This TC shall produce a Committee Specification version of Devices Profile for
Web Services, WS-Discovery, and SOAP-over-UDP specifications by March 2009. Work
on these specifications will proceed in parallel. The standard version of these
specifications will reflect refinements, corrections or material technological
improvements with respect to the input specifications and in accordance with
this charter.
Ratification of the DPWS, WS-Discovery, and SOAP-over-UDP specifications as
OASIS standards, including a brief maintenance period, after the specifications
are ratified as a standard, to address any errata, will mark the end of the TC's
lifecycle.
e. IPR Mode
This TC will operate under the "RF (Royalty Free) on RAND Terms" IPR mode as
defined in the OASIS Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy, effective 15
April 2005.
f. Anticipated Audience
The anticipated audience for this work includes:
* Web services platform vendors, service repository providers, application
middleware vendors.
* System integrators, value-added resellers, and end users implementing Web
services-based solutions that require an interoperable, composable distributed
device control solution.
* End users implementing Web services-based solutions and vendors offering Web
services products that require an interoperable, composable, dynamic discovery
mechanism and SOAP-over-UDP transport binding.
* Device manufacturers (printers, scanners, projectors, medical devices,
energy management devices, media devices, and many others).
* Device controller manufacturers (computers and computer software, handheld
computers, cellular telephones, handheld remote controls, and many other
devices) that make use of devices conforming to the DPWS profile.
* Specification authors working on WSDLs defining the characteristics of
specific device types.
* Software architects and programmers, who design, write, test, or integrate
applications for Web services and devices whose interactions are based on Web
services.
g. Language
TC business will be conducted in English.
References
[1] User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc768.txt
[2] WS-Discovery
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/04/discovery
[3] SOAP-over-UDP
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/soap-over-udp
[4] Devices Profile for Web Services
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2006/02/devprof
[5] HTTP/1.1
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt
[6] SOAP 1.2 (Second Edition), Part 1
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-soap12-part1-20070427/
[7] SOAP-over-HTTP binding – SOAP 1.2 (Second Edition), Part 2, Section 7
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-soap12-part2-20070427/#soapinhttp
[8] WS-Addressing 1.0 – Core, SOAP Binding and Metadata
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-ws-addr-core-20060509/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-ws-addr-soap-20060509/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-ws-addr-metadata-20070904/
[9] WSDL 1.1
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/NOTE-wsdl-20010315
[10] WSDL Binding for SOAP 1.2
http://www.w3.org/Submission/wsdl11soap12/
[11] WS-Eventing (March 2006 version)
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/eventing/
[12] WS-MetadataExchange (August 2006 version)
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/mex/
[13] WS-Policy1.5
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-ws-policy-20070904/
[14] WS-PolicyAttachment 1.5
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-ws-policy-attach-20070904/
[15] WS-Security Core specification 1.1
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/16790/wss-v1.1-spec-os-SOAPMes
sageSecurity.pdf
[16] WS-Transfer, W3C Member Submission, September 2006
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/transfer/
[17] XML Schema, Part 1
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/
[18] XML Schema, Part 2
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-2-20010502/
[19] WS-SecureConversation 1.3
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-secureconversation/200512
[20] WS-Trust 1.3
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512
[21] AES/TLS, June 2002 version
P. Chown, "Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Ciphersuites for Transport Layer
Security (TLS)," June 2004, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3268.txt.
[22] SHA1, April 1995 version
"Secure Hash Standard," April 1995,
http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip180-1.htm.
[23] TLS version 1.0
T. Dierks, et al, "The TLS Protocol, Version 1.0", January 1999. (See
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2246.txt.
[24] X.509.v3
ITU-T X.509.v3 Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - The
Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks (ISO/IEC/ITU 9594-8).
Non-normative Information
The following additional information relates to the launch of the TC, but will
not be part of the TC's charter.
a. Related Work
There is no known standardization work that is currently in progress to apply
Web services specifications to resource-constrained devices or to dynamically
discover web services. There has been work on devices that communicate over IP
based on different protocols, such as UPnP (http://www.upnp.org) and IGRS
(http://www.igrs.org/en/index/index.asp). UPnP was submitted to ISO/IEC JTC1 as
a Publicly Available Specification and has been approved as an international
standard. IGRS was recently approved as a new work item in ISO/IEC JTC1 SC25.
However, neither of these protocols is based on Web services specifications and
do not incorporate the richness, interoperability, security, scalability, and
composability of the full Web services protocol suite. The Mobile Web Initiative
of W3C (http://www.w3.org/Mobile/) is focused on web browsing from mobile
devices as opposed to controlling mobile devices using Web services or allowing
mobile devices to control others using Web services. The OASIS Remote Control
XML TC
(http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=remote-control) is
focused on development of a small set of specific operations for remote control
of devices which are expressed in XML but without the full richness of the
entire Web services protocol suite.
Since WS-Discovery, SOAP-over-UDP, and DPWS specifications are based on
protocols in the Web services architecture, and must work well with other
specifications within that architecture, they must be composable with the other
specifications in the Web services architecture such as, but not limited to,
HTTP 1.1 [5], SOAP 1.2 [6], SOAP-over-HTTP binding [7], WS-Addressing [8], WSDL
1.1 [9], WSDL Binding for SOAP 1.2 [10], WS-Eventing [11], WS-MetadataExchange
[12], WS-Policy [13], WS-PolicyAttachment [14], WS-Security [15], WS-Transfer
[16], XML Schema [17] [18], WS-SecureConversation [19], and WS-Trust [20],
AES/TLS [21], SHA1 [22], TLS [23], and X.509 v3 [24].
Where appropriate, the WS-DD TC will foster collaborative relationships and
liaisons with other activities including other OASIS Technical Committees and
committees of other organizations interested in the work of the TC.
Responsibilities for such relationships and liaison will be defined by the TC at
that time.
b. Date, Time, and Location of First Meeting
The first meeting of the WS-DD TC will be a face to face meeting held in
Redmond, WA during September 16-18, 2008, from 9 AM PT to 5 PM PT. This meeting
will be sponsored by Microsoft.
c. On-Going Meeting Plans & Sponsors
It is anticipated the WS-DD TC will meet via teleconference every week for 90
minutes at a time determined by the TC members during the TC's first meeting.
It is anticipated that the WS-DD TC will meet face to face every quarter at a
time and location to be determined by the TC members. Actual pace of face to
face and teleconference meetings will be determined by TC members.
One of the proposers, as listed below, will sponsor the teleconferences unless
other TC members offer to donate their own facilities. If no other TC proposers
offer to sponsor teleconference facilities, Microsoft will donate their
facilities.
d. Proposers of the TC
Abbie Barbir, Nortel Networks Limited, abbieb@nortel.com
Geoff Bullen, Microsoft Corporation, geoff.bullen@microsoft.com
Lloyd Burch, Novell Inc., lburch@novell.com
Steve Carter, Novell Inc., srcarter@novell.com
Colleen Evans, Microsoft Corporation, coevans@microsoft.com
Donald Ferguson, CA Inc., Donald.Ferguson@ca.com
Francois Jammes, Schneider Electric SA, francois2.jammes@schneider-electric.com
Ram Jeyaraman, Microsoft Corporation, ram.jeyaraman@microsoft.com
Devon Kemp, Canon Inc., Devon.Kemp@cda.canon.com
Mark Little, Red Hat Inc., mlittle@redhat.com
Jonathan Marsh, WSO2 Inc., jonathan@wso2.com
Jamie Meritt, Progress Software Corporation, jmeritt@progress.com
Toby Nixon, Microsoft Corporation, toby.nixon@microsoft.com
Alain Regnier, Ricoh Company Limited, alain@ricoh-tech.com
David Whitehead, Lexmark International Inc., david@lexmark.com
Don Wright, Lexmark International Inc., don@lexmark.com
Prasad Yendluri, Software AG, Prasad.Yendluri@softwareag.com
e. TC Convener
The TC Convener will be Colleen Evans from Microsoft.
f. OASIS Member Section affiliation
None.
g. Technical contributions to the TC
The following specifications will be contributed to this TC:
* WS-Discovery [2].
* SOAP-over-UDP [3].
* DPWS [4].
h. FAQ
This is currently under development. ETA: July 2008.
i. Working Title and Acronym for Proposed Specifications
Web Services Discovery (WS-Discovery) version 1.1.
SOAP-over-UDP version 1.1.
Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) version 1.1.
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