Web Service Atomic Transaction is an
OASIS standard.
To achieve all-or-nothing property for a group of services, it defines three
protocols
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(completion, volatile
two-phase commit
In transaction processing, databases, and computer networking, the two-phase commit protocol (2PC) is a type of atomic commitment protocol (ACP). It is a distributed algorithm that coordinates all the processes that participate in a distributed ...
, and durable two-phase commit), and a set of services. These protocols and services together ensure automatic activation, registration, propagation and
atomic termination of
web services. The protocols are implemented via the
WS-Coordination WS-Coordination is a Web Services specification developed by BEA Systems, IBM, and Microsoft and accepted bOASIS Web Services Transaction TCin it It describes an extensible framework for providing protocols that coordinate the actions of distribut ...
context management framework and emulate
ACID transaction properties.
Following the standard, a distributed transaction has a coordinator, an initiator, and one or more participants.
See also
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WS-BPEL
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WS-CDL
Service choreography in business computing is a form of service composition in which the interaction protocol between several partner services is defined from a global perspective.
The idea underlying the notion of service choreography can be summa ...
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Web Service
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WS-Coordination WS-Coordination is a Web Services specification developed by BEA Systems, IBM, and Microsoft and accepted bOASIS Web Services Transaction TCin it It describes an extensible framework for providing protocols that coordinate the actions of distribut ...
External links
Web Services Atomic Transaction Version 1.1
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