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Date: Friday, August 08, 2003
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ZDNet reported that [[http://www.sun.com/index.xml | Sun
Microsystems]], Iona Technologies,
Arjuna Technologies Limited,
Fujitsu Software and [[http://www.oracle.com
| Oracle Corp.]] have announced the publication of the Web Services
Composite Applications Framework (WS-CAF).

WS-CAF is a collection of three specifications -- Web Service
Context (WS-CTX), Web Service Coordination Framework (WS-CF),
and Web Service Transaction Management (WS-TXM) -- designed to
solve problems when multiple Web services are used in combination
("composite applications") to support information sharing and transaction
processing.

Web services is the umbrella term for programming techniques and a
set of XML (Extensible Markup Language)-based standards that make it
simpler to share information between disparate systems.

Information technology providers have coalesced around basic Web services
standards for formatting data and sending information between
applications.

But several standards proposals have emerged over the past two years to
address more complex computing scenarios and requirements such as
security, transactions and reliable communications.

WS-CAF, which comprises the three individual specifications,
proposes a mechanism for coordinating transactions across many machines in
multistep business processes.

The authors of the specifications hope simplified interactions between Web
services will allow companies to assemble business applications with Web
services more quickly.

The Sun-led group of companies intends to garner input from other IT
providers through the standardization process, said Ed Jolson, Sun's group
manager for Web services standards.

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