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Subject: FW: News Release: WS-Addressing 1.0 is a W3C Recommendation
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Kirk Wilson
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From: w3c-ac-members-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-ac-members-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Janet Daly
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:06 AM
To: w3c-ac-members@w3.org
Subject: News Release: WS-Addressing 1.0 is a W3C Recommendation
Dear Advisory Committee Representatives,
This is a copy of the press release announcing the Web Services
Addressing 1.0 Recommendations.
Best regards,
Janet
Web Services Addressing 1.0 is now a W3C Recommendation
W3C standardizes a proven method for addressing Web services messages
Web resources
This press release
in English: http://www.w3.org/2006/04/wsaddressing-pressrelease.html.en
in French: http://www.w3.org/2006/04/wsaddressing-pressrelease.html.fr
in Japanese: http://www.w3.org/2006/04/wsaddressing-
pressrelease.html.ja
Testimonials from CA, Hitachi and Microsoft
http://www.w3.org/2006/04/wsaddressing-testimonial.html
Web Services Addressing 1.0 Recommendations
Core: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-ws-addr-core-20060509/
SOAP Binding: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-ws-addr-soap-20060509/
Web Services Activity Homepage
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
http://www.w3.org/ -- 9 May 2006 -- The World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) announced today that Web Services Addressing 1.0 - consisting
of the Core specification and the SOAP Binding - is a W3C
Recommendation. Industry now has a reliable, proven interoperable
standard to address Web services messages.
"Web Services Addressing 1.0 provides a mechanism to developers on
how to address objects for Web services applications," explained
Philippe Le Hégaret, W3C Architecture Domain Leader. "It extends the
capabilities of Web services by enabling asynchronous message
exchanges, and allowing more than two services to interact."
Web Services Addressing 1.0 Defines New Standard Way to Address Web
Services Objects
Web Services Addressing 1.0 provides a transport-neutral mechanism
for addressing objects in Web services applications built on top of
URIs. This new method is called an endpoint reference, or EPR. EPRs
are designed to solve the issues posed by specific scenarios:
* Dynamic generation and customization of service endpoint
descriptions, such as those created for a session id or customer id
* Referencing and description of specific service instances that
are created as the result of stateful interactions
* Flexible and dynamic exchange of endpoint information in
tightly coupled environments where communicating parties share a set
of common assumptions about specific policies or protocols that are
used during the interaction.
In addition to the addressing function of EPRs, they can serve a role
similar to that of a cookie for Web services interactions. Another
special feature of EPRs is referred to as a metadata bag. The
metadata bag allows for additional information - whether it be a
policy statement, a WSDL description, or Semantic Web data - to be
included with the EPR.
EPRs serve as a key component of Web services specifications
developed in a variety of different standards and industry
organizations. The W3C work ensures that these diverse groups have a
universal starting point with regards to addressing Web services
messages.
SOAP Binding for WS Addressing Makes New, More Powerful Applications
Easier to Implement, More Secure
Along with the core specification, the W3C Web Services Addressing
Working Group issued an accompanying Recommendation, "Web Services
Addressing 1.0 - SOAP Binding". The SOAP binding provides
instructions to developers interested in implementing Web Services
Addressing with either the W3C standard SOAP 1.2 or the earlier SOAP
1.1 version. It specifies security considerations to use Web Services
Addressing safely.
Web Services Addressing 1.0 Facilitates Asynchronous Interactions
Web Services Addressing introduces a way to specify the destination
address, reply messages and faults in SOAP messages, taking advantage
of SOAP's versatility in being carried by arbitrary underlying
protocols and being applicable to a wide variety of interaction
patterns. This capability facilitates in particular scenarios with
long-running requests.
Web Services Addressing Carries Significant Industry Participation
and Endorsement
The participants in the Web Services Addressing Working Group include
BEA Systems, BT, CA, Ericsson, Fujitsu Limited, Hitachi Ltd, HP, IBM,
IONA Technologies Inc., JBoss Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Nortel
Networks, Oracle Corporation, Ricoh Company Ltd., SAP AG, Sonic
Software, Sonoa Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Systinet Inc.,
TIBCO Software Inc., webMethods Inc, and WSO2. Many of these
participants have implemented or are planning to implement Web
Services Addressing 1.0 in their products, as identified in the
testimonials.
Testimonials from CA, Hitachi and Microsoft
By enabling asynchronous messaging and better coordination of data
exchanges, WS-Addressing frees Web services from the classic HTTP
request/response and brings a new level of flexibility to corporate
SOA environments. CA will continue to contribute to these
advancements in SOA standards to help our customers better leverage
all available information resources across and beyond the enterprise.
-- Glenn Crossman, vice president of Identity and Access Management
product management, CA
Hitachi is pleased that the W3C's new Recommendation "WS-Addressing"
has standardized general methods of addressing Web services
endpoints. Many business processes and practical applications require
transport-independent addressing mechanisms. WS-Addressing permits
for the first time a normative approach, which is a significant
milestone that encourages the widespread use of Web services. The
flexibility provided by this standard allows these Web service
mechanisms to be used in a far wider scope of system images.
-- Takao Nakamura, Executive General Manager, Software Division,
Hitachi, Ltd.
Microsoft Corp. is pleased to see WS-Addressing 1.0 become a W3C
Recommendation. As co-authors and implementers of the original WS-
Addressing submission in 2004, Microsoft has long viewed having a
standard method of addressing messages as a fundamental extension to
SOAP. Many other specifications, such as WS-Trust, WS-
ReliableMessaging, and WS-Coordination, leverage this facility to
provide secure, reliable, transacted Web services that interoperate
across platforms. Microsoft will continue its support of WS-
Addressing by implementing the W3C Recommendation in the next
versions of its Web services-enabled products, including the
forthcoming Windows Communication Foundation 1.0
-- Andrew Layman, Director of Connected Systems Integration,
Microsoft Corporation
Contact Americas, Australia --
Janet Daly, <janet@w3.org>, +1.617.253.5884 or +1.617.253.2613
Contact Europe, Africa and Middle East --
Marie-Claire Forgue, <mcf@w3.org>, +33.492.38.75.94 or
+33.676.86.33.41
Contact Asia --
Yasuyuki Hirakawa <chibao@w3.org>, +81.466.49.1170
About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C]
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where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work
together to develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission
through the creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to
ensure long-term growth for the Web. Over 400 organizations are
Members of the Consortium. W3C is jointly run by the MIT Computer
Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the
USA, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
(ERCIM) headquartered in France, Keio University in Japan, and has
additional Offices worldwide. For more information see http://
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