Web Services Interoperability

Web Services Interoperability

The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) is an industry consortium chartered to promote interoperability amongst the stack of web services specifications. WS-I does not define standards for web services; rather, it creates guidelines and tests for interoperability. It has recently become part of OASIS, another standards body.

It is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of the founding members (IBM, Microsoft, BEA Systems, SAP, Oracle, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, and Intel) and two elected members (currently, Sun Microsystems and webMethods).

The organization's deliverables include profiles, sample applications that demonstrate the profiles' use, and test tools to help determine profile conformance.

Read more about Web Services Interoperability:  WS-I Profiles, WS-I Profile Compliance

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