WS-ResourceFramework

Document:	Web Services Resource Framework and related specifications
Purpose:	To specify how an SOA runtime product handles state information, which is a set of values that reflect the current status of a client-service conversation, as is needed (for example) when a client adds one product after another to an online shopping cart and later enters credit-card details for payment.
Sponsor:	OASIS
Link:	A primer is available, along with specifications for WS-Resource, WS-ResourceProperties, WS-ResourceLifetime, WS-ServiceGroup, and WS-BaseFaults: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=wsrf