The document discusses Microsoft's strategy and commitment to interoperability through web services specifications and standards. It provides an overview of Microsoft's WS-* specification development process, their involvement in various standards bodies, and implementations in their products to support interoperability. It also discusses the adoption of WS-* specifications by other vendors and defines interoperability profiles to compose subsets of specifications for specific domains or environments.

1. Jorgen Thelin Senior Program Manager - Interoperability Standards Connected Systems Division Microsoft Corporation Producing proven, well-engineered, quality Web services specifications

2. Many Systems == Development & Management Complexity FTP HL7 LDAP EDI WS-* SAP Oracle DB SNA DRDA TN3270 MQI Oracle LOB Siebel JD Edwards RLIO Tibco Clarify HTTP TCP/IP RosettaNet UPnP XML Swift HIPAA IBM DB2 Teradata (etc.) Database Clearing House Partner IBM Mainframe SAP Services Directory Remote Store Your Enterprise

6. Enabling Wire Interoperability Metadata Data Formats Protocols

13. Actional Fujitsu Newisys Sharp Labs AMD Grand Central Nokia Siebel American Megatrends Hewlett-Packard Oasis Semiconductor Software AG ANL IBM Oblix Sonic Software Apache Project iDesign OPC Foundation Sun Axalto Intel OpenNetwork Systinet BEA Intermec Oracle Tibco Blue Titan Iona OSA Technologies Toshiba Boeing IPO Group Peerless Tyco Safety Systems Brother Jboss Ping Identity Univ of Sydney Canon JibxSoap Printronix VeriSign Choreology KnowNow QuickTree Veritas CommerceOne Layer 7 Tech Quovadx Visa Computer Associates Lexmark Reactivity Vitria Content Guard Lockheed Martin Ricoh WRQ Cornell University Microsoft Roxio webMethods Dell Motive RSA Security WSO2 Epson NEC SAP Xerox Exceptional Innovation NEON Schneider Electric Zoran Feature Software Netegrity SeeBeyond Unaffiliated

15. WS-* Spec Status Assurances Messaging SOAP WS-Security MTOM WS-Addressing Metadata WSDL WS-Discovery UDDI WS-Metadata Exchange WS-Transfer WS-Enumeration WS-Eventing XML Schema WS-Reliable Messaging WS-Coordination WS-Atomic Transaction WS-Business Activity WS-Trust WS-Secure Conversation Infrastructure and Profiles WS-Management WS-Federation Devices Profile Foundation SOAP / HTTP SOAP / UDP MIME XML Infoset XML 1.0 XML Namespaces Step 4 – Approved Standard Step 3 – Standardization Step 2 – Workshops & Community Dev WS-Policy

16. WS-* Protocols - Industry Adoption WS-P Messaging Security Assurances Devices System Mgmt Metadata DPWS WS-SecureConv WS-Security WS-Trust WS-RM WS-AT MEX WS-D SOAP/WSDL MTOM © 2003-2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. The information contained in this document represents the current view at the time of publication and is subject to change. WS-Man WS-XFer / Enum WS-Fed UDDI AMD Inc. A Computer Associates A Dell Inc.   gSOAP  Intel Corp.   HP / Mercury / Systinet A Microsoft   Oracle   SAP  Sonic Software A Sun Microsystems, Inc.   WEBM Solutions, Inc.    Released Product  Public Interop A Co-Author Apache (WSO2)   BEA Systems Inc.  A Choreology Ltd  IBM Corp.   IONA Technologies   JBoss Inc. (Arjuna)  HP / Mercury / Systinet  Microsoft   Oracle  SAP  Sonic Software  Sun Microsystems Inc.   Tibco Software, Inc.  Apache (WSO2)    BEA Systems Inc.    A BMC (OpenNetwork) A A A  Canon Inc.  Cape Clear Software Inc.  Computer Associates (Netegrity)  A A  gSOAP  IBM Corp. (DataPower)     IONA Technologies  JBoss Inc.  Layer 7 Technologies Inc.  A  A HP / Mercury / Systinet    Microsoft     Nokia  Novell  Oracle     RSA Security Inc.    Ping Identity Corp.  A   SAP    Sonic Software  Sun Microsystems, Inc.     Tibco Software, Inc.  Verisign Inc  A A A WebMethods Inc.  Apache (WSO2)   Amazon  BEA Systems Inc.   Cape Clear Software Inc.   Canon Inc.   eBay Inc.  Epson Corp.   Fuji-Xerox   Google  gSOAP   HP   IBM Corp.   Intel Corp.   Iona   JBoss Inc.   Microsoft   Novell  Oracle   Ricoh Co.   SAP   Sun Microsystems, Inc.   Xerox Corp.   BEA Systems Inc. A Brother Industries   Canon Inc.   Epson Corp.   Exceptional Innovation   Fuji-Xerox Co.   gSOAP  HP   Intel Corp.   Lexmark International, Inc. A Microsoft   Peerless Systems Corp.   Schneider Electric SA   Toshiba   WebMethods Inc. A Xerox Corp.   Apache (WSO2)   BEA Systems Inc.    Computer Associates A gSOAP  IBM Corp.    JBoss Inc.  Layer 7 Technologies  HP / Mercury / Systinet   Microsoft    Novell  Oracle   SAP A   Sun Microsystems, Inc.   Sonic Software  WebMethods Inc. A

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