Web Services Interoperability Technology (WSIT) is an

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project started by

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to develop the next-generation of

Web service A web service (WS) is either: * a service offered by an electronic device to another electronic device, communicating with each other via the Internet, or * a server running on a computer device, listening for requests at a particular port over a n ...

technologies. It provides interoperability between Java Web Services and Microsoft's

Windows Communication Foundation The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), previously known as Indigo, is a free and open-source runtime and a set of APIs in the .NET Framework for building connected, service-oriented applications. .NET Core 1.0, released 2016, did not s ...

(WCF). It consists of

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APIs that enable advanced WS-* features to be used in a way that is compatible with Microsoft's Windows Communication Foundation as used by

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. The interoperability between different products is accomplished by implementing a number of Web Services specifications, like JAX-WS that provides interoperability between Java Web Services and Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation. WSIT is currently under development as part of Eclipse Metro. WSIT is a series of extensions to the basic SOAP protocol, and so uses JAX-WS and

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. It is not a new protocol such as the binary DCOM. WSIT implements the WS-I specifications, including: *Metadata **

WS-MetadataExchange WS-MetaDataExchange is a web services protocol specification, published by BEA Systems, IBM, Microsoft, and SAP. WS-MetaDataExchange is part of the WS-Federation roadmap; and is designed to work in conjunction with WS-Addressing, WSDL and WS-P ...

**WS-Transfer ** WS-Policy *Security ** WS-Security ** WS-SecureConversation ** WS-Trust ** WS-SecurityPolicy *Messaging **WS-ReliableMessaging **WS-RMPolicy *Transactions **WS-Coordination **WS-AtomicTransaction

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