Glossary of "Web Services Glossary"

Term entries in the "Web Services Glossary" glossary

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management

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

The utilization of the management capabilities by the management system in order to perform monitoring of values, tracking of states and control of entities in order to produce and maintain a stable operational environment.

management capability

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

Capabilities that a Web service has for the purposes of controlling or monitoring the service, and that can be exposed to a management system for the sole purpose of managing the service.

management interface

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

Interface through which the management capabilities of a service are exposed.

management policy

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

Policy associated with a Web service solely for the purpose of describing the management obligations and permissions for the service.

management semantics

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

The management semantics of a service augment the semantics of a service with management-specific semantics. These management semantics form the contract between the provider entity and the requester entity that expresses the effects and requirements pertaining to the management and management policies for a service.

message

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

  1. A message is the basic unit of data sent from one Web servicesagent to another in the context of Web services.

  2. The basic unit of communication between a Web service and a requester: data to be communicated to or from a Web service as a single logical transmission. [WSD Reqs]

  3. See also SOAP message.

message correlation

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

Message correlation is the association of a message with a context. Message correlation ensures that the requester agent can match the reply with the request, especially when multiple replies may be possible.

message exchange pattern (MEP)

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

  1. A Message Exchanage Pattern (MEP) is a template, devoid of application semantics, that describes a generic pattern for the exchange of messages between agents. It describes the relationships (e.g., temporal, causal, sequential, etc.) of multiple messages exchanged in conformance with the pattern, as well as the normal and abnormal termination of any message exchange conforming to the pattern.

  2. See SOAP message exchange pattern (MEP).

message receiver

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

A message receiver is an agent that receives a message.

message reliability

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

Message reliability is the degree of certainty that a message will be delivered and that sender and receiver will both have the same understanding of the delivery status.

message sender

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

A message sender is the agent that transmits a message.

message transport

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

A message transport is a mechanism that may be used by agents to deliver messages.

non-repudiation

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

Method by which the sender of data is provided with proof of delivery and the recipient is assured of the sender's identity, so that neither can later deny having processed the data. [INFOSEC Glossary]

obligation

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

An obligation is a kind of policy that prescribes actions and/or states of an agent and/or resource.

operation

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

A set of messages related to a single Web service action. [WSD Reqs]

orchestration

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

An orchestration defines the sequence and conditions in which one Web service invokes other Web services in order to realize some useful function. I.e., an orchestration is the pattern of interactions that a Web service agent must follow in order to achieve its goal.

permission

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

A permission is a kind of policy that prescribes the allowed actions and states of an agent and/or resource.

permission guard

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

A permission guard is a mechanism deployed on behalf of an owner to enforce permission policies.

person or organization

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

A person or organization may be the owner of agents that provide or request Web services.

policy

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11)

A policy is a constraint on the behavior of agents or person or organization.


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