Members Approve Web Services Transaction as OASIS Standard.More than 20 Organizations Collaborate to Define Protocol Framework for Coordinating Distributed Application An application made up of distinct components running in separate runtime environments, usually on different platforms connected via a network. Typical distributed applications Actions BOSTON -- OASIS, the international standards consortium, today announced that its members have approved Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Transaction (WS-Transaction) version 1.1 as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification. WS-Transaction describes an extensible framework for providing protocols that coordinate the actions of distributed applications. Such coordination protocols can be used to support a wide variety of applications that require consistent agreement on the outcome of distributed transactions. WS-Transaction is offered on a Royalty-Free basis, as provided under OASIS policies. "Web services increasingly tie together large numbers of participants to form distributed applications. The result can be extremely complex," said Eric Newcomer of IONA, co-chair of the OASIS Web Services Transaction (WS-TX) Technical Committee. "WS-Transaction gives developers the framework they need to build reliable, distributed applications." The WS-Transaction OASIS Standard comprises three specifications: WS-Coordination; WS-AtomicTransaction; and WS-BusinessActivity. WS-Coordination enables an application service to create the context necessary for propagating an activity to other services. WS-AtomicTransaction defines agreement protocols for short-lived activities having the all-or-nothing property, and WS-BusinessActivity defines protocols for long-running transactions that require compensation-based agreement. Working together, these specifications enable existing transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , workflow, and other systems to hide their proprietary protocols and operate in a heterogeneous environment Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. . "The technical committee recognized that there is no single transaction model appropriate for all use cases, and so WS-Transaction defines an extensible coordination framework that accommodates classic two-phase-commit, as well as more relaxed forms of transactions with isolation behavior appropriate in loosely-coupled systems," noted Ian Robinson This article is about the Australian. For an article about the Ian Robinson who works at MTV, see Ian Robinson (MTV). Ian Robinson (b. 18 November 1940, Melbourne, Australia) is President of the Rationalist Society of Australia and immediate past Chairman of the of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , co-chair of the OASIS WS-TX Technical Committee. "The effort to standardize WS-Transaction brought together most of the major stakeholders in Web services--large, multi-national companies as well as smaller innovators," OASIS president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Patrick Gannon, observed. "We applaud these organizations for collaborating in the open process to deliver a Royalty-Free standard to the marketplace." The WS-Transaction OASIS Standard was developed by representatives of Active Endpoints, Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. , AmberPoint, BEA Systems BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS) is one of the major companies developing enterprise infrastructure software. BEA makes middleware, products that help software run on top of databases. , Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, IONA, Microsoft, Nortel, Oracle, Red Hat, Ricoh, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , TIBCO TIBCO The Information Bus Company , and others. IBM, Microsoft, and Red Hat verified successful usage of WS-Transaction, in accordance with eligibility requirements for all OASIS Standards. The WS-Transaction OASIS Standard and the archives of the OASIS WS-TX Technical Committee are publicly accessible. OASIS hosts the ws-transaction-dev mailing list for exchanging information on implementing the standard. Support for WS-Transaction OASIS Standard Executive quotes from Adobe, Hitachi, IBM, IONA, Microsoft, Red Hat, and SOA Software are available at http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis-news-2007-05-08.php. Additional information WS-Transaction OASIS Standard: http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#wstransactionv1.1 OASIS WS-TX Technical Committee: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ws-tx About OASIS OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. The consortium produces open standards for Web services, security, e-business, and standardization efforts in the public sector and for application-specific markets. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 5,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries. http://www.oasis-open.org |
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