OASIS continues its work in developing universal standards with another breakthrough announcement. The massive consortium that is OASIS said their member groups have agreed to work toward a web services reliable messaging (WS-RM).
The large and impressive group of companies includes Actional, Adobe, BEA Systems, DataPower, Entrust, Hitachi, IBM, IONA, Microsoft, NEC, Novell, Oracle, Reactivity, SAP, SeeBeyond, Sonic Software, Sun Microsystems, Systinet, TIBCO, webMethods, and others.
“OASIS is happy to serve as the nexus for reliable messaging work in the Web services arena and service-oriented architectures generally,” noted James Bryce Clark, director of standards development at OASIS. “We’re pleased to see software developers
acknowledge the benefits of bringing their work to an open standards process, where all interested and affected parties can contribute to the outcome.”
Authors of the WS-ReliableMessaging v1.0 and WS-RM Policy v1.0 specifications, BEA Systems, IBM, Microsoft, and TIBCO Software, plan to submit their work to the OASIS WS-RX Technical Committee at its first meeting. Changes to these documents, as well as other contributions, will be considered and evaluated based on technical merit, business requirements of users, and the Committee’s charter.
“The standardization of the WS-ReliableMessaging specification in OASIS is an important initiative,” said Paul Fremantle of IBM, proposed co-chair of the OASIS WS-RX Technical Committee. “We believe there is strong demand in the marketplace for reliable Web services interactions, and our work will be key for organizations as they start to implement Web services for secure reliable business-to-business communications. For example, our work will allow businesses to exchange messages, such as purchase order entries, with the assurance of
reliable delivery in an open and interoperable way.”
To date, more than 25 organizations have indicated plans to join the OASIS WS-RX Technical Committee. Participation in the group remains open to all companies, non-profit groups, and individuals. The Committee especially seeks input from vendors of Web services
products, software architects, and end users implementing solutions that require interoperable reliable messaging.
The OASIS WS-RX Technical Committee will operate under the Royalty Free on RAND Terms Mode defined by the OASIS Intellectual Property Rights Policy. As with all OASIS projects, archives of the Committee’s work will be accessible to both members and non-members, and OASIS will host an open mail list for public comment.
John Stith is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.
