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web.config

A virtual application–specific .NET configuration settings file.

Web Matrix

A free development tool from the ASP.NET development team.

Web service

A Web-based interface to some resource.

Web Service Endpoint Language (WSEL)

IBM’s standard for providing an XML format for handling endpoint management, including quality-of-service, usage, and security characteristics to include in SOAP headers.

Web Service Enhancements (WSE) Kit

An add-on pack for .NET developers that provides a first, incomplete implementation of the GXA specifications.

Web Services Architecture (WSA)

An Internet draft standard that outlines the (generic) needs of a Web services stack and how to implement them.

Web Services Description Language (WSDL)

An Internet standard for describing the public interface of a Web service and its protocol bindings.

Web Services Flow Language (WSFL)

An Internet draft standard for the description of Web services composition as part of a business process definition.

Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I)

An Internet body dedicated to promoting the development of Web services that work on every platform.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

The Internet standards body that is responsible for most standards that make up the basic Web services stack.

WS-Addressing

A GXA specification that provides a means of specifying endpoints and intermediaries for a SOAP message.

WS-Attachments

The GXA name for DIME.

WS-Coordination

A GXA specification for a framework in which Web services can work together.

wsdl.exe

A command-line tool used to generate .NET classes for a Web service or a service’s client, given the WSDL document for the service.

WS-Inspection

A GXA specification that governs how Web service–related information should made be available to clients.

WS-* Interop initiative

Another name for GXA.

WS-Policy

A GXA specification for a framework in which a Web service can make its policies known. Includes WS-PolicyAssertions and WS-PolicyAttachment.

WS-Referral

A GXA specification that provides for the redirection of a SOAP message to an endpoint by a third party.

WS-ReliableMessaging

A GXA specification for a transport protocol that reliably transports messages between sender and target recipient even in the case of software or hardware failure.

WS-Routing

A GXA specification for a SOAP header–based protocol that allows the routing of SOAP messages between client and server via several intermediary points.

WS-Security

A GXA specification for securing Web services and the messages transmitted between client and server. Includes WS-Trust, WS-SecureConversation, and WS-SecurityPolicy.

WS-Timestamp

A specification that provides for the inclusion of a timestamp in a SOAP message.

WS-Transaction

A GXA specification built on the WS-Coordination framework to provide transactional support for Web service exchanges.