Editing Web Services Interoperability

{{POV|date=February 2021|talk=Controversy}}{{short description|Industry consortium to promote web services interoperability}}
The '''Web Services Interoperability Organization''' ('''WS-I''') was an industry consortium created in 2002 and chartered to promote interoperability amongst the stack of [[web services]] [[List of Web service specifications|specifications]]. WS-I did not define standards for web services; rather, it created guidelines and tests for interoperability. 
In July 2010, WS-I joined the [[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]], standardization consortium as a member section.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Activities and announcements {{!}} OASIS WS-I|url=http://www.oasis-ws-i.org/|access-date=2020-07-19|website=www.oasis-ws-i.org}}</ref> 
It operated until December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=OASIS Announces Successful Completion of Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) Member Section |url=https://www.oasis-open.org/news/pr/oasis-announces-successful-completion-of-web-services-interoperability-ws-i-member-section?platform=hootsuite|access-date=2020-07-19|website=www.oasis-open.org| date=21 December 2017 }}</ref> 
The WS-I standards were then maintained by relevant technical committees within OASIS.

It was governed by a board of directors consisting of the founding members ([[IBM]], [[Microsoft]], [[BEA Systems]], [[SAP AG|SAP]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[Fujitsu]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], and [[Intel]]) and two elected members ([[Sun Microsystems]] and [[webMethods]]). After it joined OASIS, other organizations have joined the WS-I technical committee including [[CA Technologies]], [[JumpSoft]] and [[Booz Allen Hamilton]]. 

The organization's deliverables included profiles, sample applications that demonstrate the profiles' use, and test tools to help determine profile conformance.

== WS-I Profiles ==

According to WS-I, a profile is
<blockquote>A set of named web services specifications at specific revision levels, together with a set of implementation and interoperability guidelines recommending how the specifications may be used to develop interoperable web services.</blockquote>

* [[WS-I Basic Profile]]
* WS-I Basic Security Profile
* [[Simple Soap Binding Profile]]

== WS-I Profile Compliance ==

The WS-I is not a certifying authority; thus, every vendor can claim to be compliant to a profile. However the use of the test tool is required before a company can claim a product to be compliant. See [http://www.ws-i.org/docs/20031021_trademark.pdf WS-I Trademarks and Compliance claims requirements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608180522/http://www.ws-i.org/docs/20031021_trademark.pdf |date=2013-06-08 }}

==See also==
*[[Web Services Resource Framework]]
*[[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.ws-i.org/ WS-I consortium's Home Page]
* [http://www.oasis-ws-i.org/ WS-I OASIS member section Home page] (2010-2017, maintained as archive by OASIS)
* [http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-912906.html The Microsoft - WS-I controversy, cnet news, May 2002]

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