WS-I Specifications
independent Java APIs.
vices. XML Encryption can be used to perform fine-grained, element-
based encryption of fragments within an XML Document as well as
encrypt arbitrary binary data and include this within an XML document.
securely (integrity and confidentiality) exchange assertions between web
services based on OASIS SAML.
rity. The goal of this JSR is to enable applications to construct secure
SOAP message exchanges.
face by which authentication mechanism providers may be integrated
with containers. Providers integrated through this interface will be used to
establish the authentication identities used in container access decisions,
including those used by the container in invocations of components in
other containers.
WS-I is an open industry organization chartered to promote Web services
interoperability across platforms, operating systems and programming lan-
guages. Specifically, WS-I creates, promotes and supports generic protocols for
the interoperable exchange of messages between Web services. WS-I creates
profiles, which recommend what to use and how to use it from the various web
services specifications created by W3C, OASIS, and the JCP. WS-I is working
on the following profiles related to web services security. The profiles can be
viewed from the WS-I web site at