WS-AtomicTransaction

Document:	Web Services Atomic Transaction (WS-AtomicTransaction)
Purpose:	To handle a two-phase commit process, including the following steps:
	Services register with a coordinating service, as described in relation to WS-Coordination. Each registered service attempts to update a database. Even if an update is successful, changes are not committed. In response to a poll conducted by the coordinating service, one of two outcomes occurs: Each registered service responds to the coordinating service and indicates that the changes were successful, in which case the coordinating service issues a commit directive to all resource managers that were involved in the transaction. Alternatively, if any service fails to respond or if any response indicates a failure, the coordinating service issues a rollback directive to all the resource managers. WS-AtomicTransaction also can be used to ensure the integrity of data in memory.
Sponsor:	OASIS
Link:	http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=ws-tx#technical