- From: Janet Daly <janet@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 07:11:23 -0700
- To: w3c-news@w3.org
Today, the World Wide Web Consortium issued a critical Web standard
for extending the features of Web services and Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA) applications. Building on the fundamental open Web
services standards from W3C, Web Services Policy enables developers
to meet requirements for secure transactions, reliable messaging,
addressing metadata, and other scenarios, in modular fashion. With
testimonials and commitments to implement WS-Policy 1.5 from BEA,
IBM, Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle, Software AG, and Sun Microsystems,
Inc., it's sure to be a mainstay for SOA solutions.
For more information, please contact Janet Daly, W3C Global
Communications Officer , +1 617 253 5884 <janet@w3.org> or the W3C
Communications Team representative in your region.
W3C Publishes Open Standard for Describing Web Services Policies
Policy Layer Enables Benefits of Extension Architecture
WS-Policy 1.5 - Framework
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-ws-policy-20070904/
This press release
In English: http://www.w3.org/2007/07/wspolicy-pressrelease.html.en
In French: http://www.w3.org/2007/07/wspolicy-pressrelease.html.fr
In Japanese: http://www.w3.org/2007/07/wspolicy-pressrelease.html.ja
In other languages: http://www.w3.org/Press/Overview.html#x2007-wsp
Testimonials from Axway Software, BEA Systems, IBM, JBoss/Red Hat,
Microsoft Corporation, Nokia, Oracle, Software AG, and Sun
Microsystems, Inc.
http://www.w3.org/2007/07/wspolicy-testimonial
http://www.w3.org/ -- 4 September 2007 -- Today, the World Wide Web
Consortium issued a critical Web standard for extending the features
of Web services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications.
Building on the fundamental open Web services standards from W3C, Web
Services Policy enables developers to meet requirements for secure
transactions, reliable messaging, addressing metadata, and other
scenarios, in modular fashion. With Web Services Policy 1.5, SOA
developers can enable extensions to a service without disruption or
requiring changes to lower level service descriptions. The extensions
themselves (consisting of what are called "policy assertions") are
defined by other specifications.
Web Services Policy 1.5 Based on Industry Needs, Experience
Years of customer experience with commercial Web services
applications have made clear the need for a modular approach for
describing required and optional extensions used by a service.
Without this capability, it can be costly to rewrite an entire
service whenever application needs change. Web Services Policy 1.5
can reduce this cost. It connects the core Web services standards --
SOAP 1.2, WSDL 2.0, and XML Schema -- to a growing set of extensions
that reflect industry needs and experience.
The W3C Web Services Policy Working Group invited implementers to
demonstrate interoperability by evaluating software against the
group's test suite. Ten implementations of Web Services Policy 1.5
helped confirm the maturity of the specification. The tests focused
on security assertions, one of the most important use cases cited by
industry.
Another use case, addressing metadata, is the focus of W3C's WS-
Addressing Working Group. The two W3C Working Groups have
collaborated to ensure that the Addressing Metadata Specification is
aligned with the policy framework.
The W3C Web Services Policy Working Group also secured review from
several OASIS Web Services Technical Committees (UDDI, WS-RX, WS-TX,
and WS-SX) to ensure that Web Services Policy 1.5 would satisfy their
use cases.
Web Services Working Group Brings Together Industry Leaders
The Web Services Policy Working Group brings together leaders from
across the software industry including Adobe Systems Inc; Axway
Software; BEA Systems, Inc; CA; Fujitsu Limited; IBM; IONA
Technologies, Inc.; JBoss Inc.; Layer 7 Technologies; Microsoft
Corporation; Nokia; Nortel Networks; Oracle Corporation; SAP AG;
Sonic Software; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; webMethods, Inc.; and WSO2.
Many of the group participants have made commitments to support the
specification in products, as indicated by the testimonials.
Testimonials for WS-Policy 1.5
These testimonials are in support of W3C issuance of WS-Policy 1.5 as
a W3C Recommendation.
In English: Axway Software | BEA Systems | IBM | JBoss/Red Hat |
Microsoft Corporation | Nokia | Oracle | Software AG | Sun
Microsystems, Inc.
In French: Axway Software
As a leading global provider of collaborative business
solutions, Axway is very pleased to see WS-Policy reaching the W3C
recommendation status. WS-Policy was the missing link in B2B Web
Services; we now have a standard way of describing and processing
policies between partners. Our Synchrony 4.1 platform will embed this
essential technology.
-- Arnaud Meyniel, Web Services Product Manager, Axway Software
BEA Systems is excited by the finalization of the
standardization process of W3C-Policy 1.5. A key aspect of Service
Oriented Architecture deployments is the description of the services,
and WS-Policy can enhance service description and can represent a
crucial building block for SOA and other related initiatives such as
Service Component Architecture (SCA). BEA Systems was one of the
first vendors to offer supported product implementation of WS-Policy,
and BEA Systems plans to continue our early adoption strategy of key
interoperability initiatives.
-- David Orchard, Senior Technical Director, BEA Systems
IBM is pleased to see Web Services Policy 1.5 Framework and
Attachments specifications advance to Recommendation status.
Customers deploying Web services based solutions with advanced
quality of service characteristics (such as security) want to avoid
the need for manual exchange of configuration information. The WS-
Policy specifications facilitate interaction between producers and
consumers of Web services within context of a Quality-of-Service
policy. We supported the W3C in this effort by providing the WS-
Policy Working Group co-chair, and a member of the Working Group
editing team. IBM will offer support for these important standards in
market leading products including WebSphere Application Server,
Tivoli Federated Identity Manager and WebSphere DataPower SOA
Appliances.
-- Karla Norsworthy, Vice President, Software Standards, IBM
JBoss/Red Hat is pleased to see Web Services leadership continue
through the W3C with the announcement of the WS-Policy standard. WS-
Policy is a critical component for the evolving Web Services
architecture and a standard in this area has been lacking for several
years. JBoss is happy to have been associated with the working group
and W3C. We are already implementing WS-Policy in our flagship Web
Services product line, JBossWS.
-- Dr. Mark Little, Director of Standards, JBoss/Red Hat
Microsoft Corporation is pleased to see Web Services Policy 1.5
become a W3C Recommendation. As co-authors and implementers of the
original Web Services Policy submission in 2006, Microsoft views the
Recommendation as a fundamental part of the metadata foundation for
interoperable Web services. Many Web services specifications such as
WS-SecurityPolicy, WS-RMPolicy, WS-AtomicTransaction, WS-Addressing
Metadata and WS-MTOM Policy use WS-Policy to enable automatic and
flexible use of key features such as security, reliability,
transaction, addressing and message optimization. Microsoft will
continue its support of Web Services Policy by implementing the W3C
Recommendation in the next version of its Web services-enabled
products, including the forthcoming Windows Communication Foundation
3.5.
-- Andrew Layman, Partner Product Unit Manager, Microsoft
Corporation
As an active participant in the WS-Policy Working Group, Nokia
is pleased to see the WS-Policy Framework and Attachment
specifications become W3C Recommendations. We believe it is important
to have open standards for obtaining policy information associated
with a service and being able to determine policy compatibility
between a client and service. To give one example, policy
compatibility in security is important to Web Services. WS-Policy is
a major step forward and we are supportive of the W3C and its effort
to drive interoperable standards for Service Oriented Architecture.
-- Frederick Hirsch, Senior Architect, Nokia
Oracle is pleased to see WS-Policy progress to Recommendation
status. By allowing interactions between Web components to be
tailored at runtime based on declarative specifications, WS-Policy
promotes flexibility and enhances compatibility. We congratulate W3C
on achieving this important milestone toward the delivery of a
complete Web Services Standards stack.
-- Don Deutsch, Vice President Standards Strategy and
Architecture, Oracle
We are pleased to see the WS-Policy 1.5 Framework and Attachment
specifications move forward as W3C Recommendations. WS-Policy is
expected to serve as a key component in building the next generation
of advanced SOA infrastructure. This will enable our customers to
control and govern their enterprise-wide SOA landscapes more
effectively. We are pleased to have served as the editor and as a key
contributor to the specification, and we’re equally proud of the
leadership role that we’ve taken in demonstrating support for WS-
Policy within our leading, policy-based solutions for SOA governance.
-- Dr. Peter Kürpick, President and Chief Product Officer,
webMethods business line, Software AG
Sun sees the promotion of Web Services Policy 1.5 -- Framework
and Attachment as W3C Recommendations -- an important milestone for
the web services community. WS-Policy functions are featured in Sun's
open source Metro web services stack. Building on existing policy
support, Metro will feature WS-Policy 1.5 functionality to enable
interoperability with .NET 3.5. The advancement of these W3C
specifications delivers on customer needs, which are key to critical
technologies including Metro, Java(TM) Composite Application Platform
Suite (CAPS), Open ESB and other Sun offerings.
-- Thomas Kincaid, Director Engineering, Application Platforms,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Leader mondial des "Collaborative Business Solutions", Axway se
réjouit que WS-Policy atteigne le statut de recommandation W3C. WS-
Policy était le chaînon qui manquait aux services Web en
environnement B2B ; nous possédons désormais un standard permettant
d'exprimer et de traiter les modalités d'appels entre partenaires.
Notre plate-forme Synchrony 4.1 incorporera cette technologie
incontournable.
-- Arnaud Meyniel, Chef de produit Services Web, Axway Software
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