Web Services Flow Language (WSFL)
Web Services Flow Language (WSFL) is a language for the description of Web Services compositions. WSFL considers two types of Web Services compositions:
- The appropriate usage pattern of a collection of Web Services, in such a way that the resulting composition describes how to achieve a particular business goal; typically, the result is a description of a business process
- The interaction pattern of a collection of Web Services; in this case, the result is a description of the overall partner interactions
WSFL uses WSDL for the description of service interfaces and their protocol bindings. WSFL also relies on the Web Services Endpoint Language (WSEL).
Organization: IBM
More information: WSFL on the XML Cover Pages
Context for Web Services Flow Language (WSFL)
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Author
Douglas K Barry
Principal
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