Web Services BusinessActivity (WS-BusinessActivity)

Web Services BusinessActivity (WS-BusinessActivity) provides the definition of the business activity coordination type that is to be used with the extensible coordination framework described in the specification. The specification defines two specific agreement coordination protocols for the business activity coordination type: BusinessAgreementWithParticipantCompletion, and BusinessAgreementWithCoordinatorCompletion. Developers can use any or all of these protocols when building applications that require consistent agreement on the outcome of long-running distributed activities. 

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More information: WS-BusinessActivity page on the OASIS website

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