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on their web site, “WS-I is an open, industry organization
chartered to promote Web services interoperability across platforms,
operating systems, and programming languages. The organization
works across the industry and standards organizations to respond
to customer needs by providing guidance, best practices, and resources
for developing Web services solutions.
WS-I was formed specifically for the creation,
promotion, or support of Generic Protocols for Interoperable exchange
of messages between services. Generic Protocols are protocols
that are independent of any specific action indicated by the message
beyond actions necessary for the secure, reliable, or efficient
delivery of messages; "Interoperable" means suitable
for and capable of being implemented in a neutral manner on multiple
operating systems and in multiple programming languages.”
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The WS-I promotes
web service standards, packages
them into profiles and provides tests
to make sure that vendors remain compliant. The first profile
to come out of WS-I is the WS-Basic
Profile.
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