There are two major efforts right now to converge the
various messaging protocols used in Web Services:
The ebXML Message Service Specification (MSS) incorporates the
structure of SOAP and the payloads of the RosettaNet Implementation
Framework (RNIF). All have moved to using XML documents in the protocol.
This work is being done in an OASIS Technical Committee. One way to
understand this convergence is to first look at SOAP. That should be
followed by RNIF. Then look at MSS to see how the specifications are being
combined. SOAP offers a an XML-based protocol. RNIF offers Action and Signal
messages that make workflow or choreography between trading partners
possible. These Action and Signal messages are also referred to as
request/response messages.
The work in the W3C on the XML Protocol (XMLP) is an effort to converge SOAP with the work in the IETF Blocks Extensible
Exchange Protocol (BEEP). Much like RNIF, BEEP provided the capability of
request/response messages.
The charter for XML Protocol Work Group states
that it will cooperate closely with the IETF, but it only requires attempts to
coordinate with ebXML and RosettaNet. Nevertheless, all this work is quite
fluid and further convergence of these two efforts
should be expected. In fact, working documents for XMLP reference the use of
SOAP with Attachments adopted for the MSS.
Finally, Web Distributed Data Exchange (WDDX) is a separate messaging effort.
The messaging here has more to do with the structure of the messages than the
contents what is said. The contents, of course, is what really matters. The
messaging is just the way to get the contents delivered in a way that is
understood by both the sender and receiver. Information on message contents can
be found on the Partner Interface Process
(PIP) (new window) and XML
Vocabularies (new window)
pages.
Messaging specifications described on this site are listed below. You can also
navigate among the specifications by using the menu tree at the bottom of each page.
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