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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 18, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 33
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Special Features:
WS-I ANNOUNCES GENERAL
AVAILABILITY OF THE BASIC PROFILE 1.0
XML Web Services One, the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I)
announced the general availability of the Basic Profile 1.0. The Basic Profile
1.0, which has been formally approved by the WS-I member community, consists
of implementation guidelines on how core Web services specifications should be
used together to develop interoperable Web services. The specifications
covered by the Basic Profile include SOAP 1.1, WSDL 1.1, UDDI 2.0, XML 1.0 and
XML Schema.
"Starting today, every Web service developer and provider will have a
common
framework for implementing interoperable solutions, and buyers will have a
common reference point for purchasing decisions," said Tom Glover, chairman of
WS-I. "WS-I has resolved more than 200 interoperability issues associated with
using the core Web services specifications together. The Basic Profile 1.0
will significantly simplify the task of implementing interoperable Web
services solutions within and across enterprise boundaries."
"Support for the Basic Profile is the baseline for interoperable Web
services," said Dan Sholler, vice president of Technology Research Services at
the META Group. "Customers should demand that all of their Web
services-enabled technology be compliant with the Basic Profile, and that in
turn will lay the foundation for Web services to fulfill their promise and
provide technology independent interoperability."
Later this Fall, WS-I will release Test Tools and Sample Applications
supporting the Basic Profile 1.0. The Test Tools, available in both C# and
Java implementations, are designed to inspect and validate that a Web
service meets the interoperability requirements of the Basic Profile. The
Sample Applications demonstrate the Basic Profile at work, including the
design, implementation, test and deployment of Web services, based upon
selected business scenarios and implemented on 10 different platforms.
In parallel with the release of the Test Tools, WS-I will announce how Web
services software vendors, hardware vendors, and services providers will be
able to claim conformance of their products to the Basic Profile 1.0.
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