WS-Unified Management (WS-UM)

The Web Services-Unified Management (WS-UM) specification is in development and is expected to extend aspects of several standards, including those described next: Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) and WS-Management.

Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM)

Document:	Web Services Distributed Management (several specifications)
Purpose:	To specify how one Web service can communicate with a second Web service that in turn accesses a resource such as a printer or storage disk. The first service might receive status information (to determine whether a printer is low on toner, for example) or might control the device remotely (as by shutting off an overheating storage disk). A Web service can itself be treated as a resource. If a Web service (a resource) processes customer orders, for example, another service might seek information on the number of orders that were handled in recent hours.
Sponsor:	Submitted to OASIS
Link:	A primer is available, along with the specifications: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=wsdm

WS-Management

Document:	Web Services for Management (WS-Management)
Purpose:	To provide rules for exchanging information on resources - from handheld devices to personal computers to large-scale data servers - so that they can be monitored and accessed remotely.
Sponsor:	Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF)
Link:	http://www.dmtf.org/standards/wbem/wsman