Submission request to W3C

Web Services Resource Transfer (WS-RT) Submission request to W3C

Submitted Materials

We, W3C Members CA, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM and Intel hereby submit to the Consortium the following specification, comprising the following document attached hereto:

Web Services Resource Transfer

which is referred to as "the Submission". We request the Submission be known as the WS-RT Submission.

Abstract

This specification is intended to form a core component of a unified resource access protocol for Web services. The operations described in this specification constitute an extension to the WS-Transfer specification, which defines standard messages for controlling resources using the familiar paradigms of "get", "put", "create", and "delete". The extensions deal primarily with fragment-based access to resources to satisfy the common requirements of WS-ResourceFramework and WS-Management.

Intellectual Property Statements

Copyrights

CA: CA hereby grants to the W3C a perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any CA copyrights on this contribution, to copy, publish and distribute the contribution under the W3C document licenses.; Additionally, should the Submission be used as a contribution towards a W3C Activity, CA grants a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution. CA further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.
Fujitsu: Fujitsu hereby grants to the W3C a perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any Fujitsu copyrights on this contribution, to copy, publish and distribute the contribution under the W3C document licenses.; Additionally, should the Submission be used as a contribution towards a W3C Activity, Fujitsu grants a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution. Fujitsu further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.
Hitachi: Hitachi hereby grants to the W3C a perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any Hitachi copyrights on this contribution, to copy, publish and distribute the contribution under the W3C document licenses.; Additionally, should the Submission be used as a contribution towards a W3C Activity, Hitachi grants a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution. Hitachi further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.
HP: HP hereby grants to the W3C a perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any HP copyrights on this contribution, to copy, publish and distribute the contribution under the W3C document licenses.; Additionally, should the Submission be used as a contribution towards a W3C Activity, HP grants a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution. HP further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.
IBM: IBM hereby grants to the W3C a perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any IBM copyrights on this contribution, to copy, publish and distribute the contribution under the W3C document licenses.; Additionally, should the Submission be used as a contribution towards a W3C Activity, IBM grants a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution. IBM further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.
Intel: Intel hereby grants to the W3C a perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any Intel copyrights on this contribution, to copy, publish and distribute the contribution under the W3C document licenses.; Additionally, should the Submission be used as a contribution towards a W3C Activity, Intel grants a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution. Intel further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.
Microsoft: Microsoft hereby grants to the W3C a perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any Microsoft copyrights on this contribution, to copy, publish and distribute the contribution under the W3C document licenses.; Additionally, should the Submission be used as a contribution towards a W3C Activity, Microsoft grants a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution. Microsoft further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.

Trade and Service Marks

The Submission request or Submission refers to the following trade and service marks (registered or not): none.

Patents

CA: The organization I represent on the W3C Advisory Committee agrees to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portion of the Submission that is subsequently incorporated in a W3C Recommendation.
Fujitsu: The organization I represent on the W3C Advisory Committee agrees to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portion of the Submission that is subsequently incorporated in a W3C Recommendation.
Hitachi: The organization I represent on the W3C Advisory Committee agrees to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portion of the Submission that is subsequently incorporated in a W3C Recommendation.
HP: The organization I represent on the W3C Advisory Committee agrees to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portion of the Submission that is subsequently incorporated in a W3C Recommendation.
IBM: The organization I represent on the W3C Advisory Committee agrees to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portion of the Submission that is subsequently incorporated in a W3C Recommendation.
Intel: The organization I represent on the W3C Advisory Committee agrees to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portion of the Submission that is subsequently incorporated in a W3C Recommendation.
Microsoft: The organization I represent on the W3C Advisory Committee agrees to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portion of the Submission that is subsequently incorporated in a W3C Recommendation.

Suggested action

We suggest that the Web Services Resource Transfer specification be standardized in the new Working Group suggested by CA, Fujitsu, IBM and Oracle in their note to the W3C Membership on June 20^th.

Resources

To help with this work, we expect to provide assistance as needed to the Consortium.

Contact

Inquiries from the public or press about this Submission should be directed to:

Robert Gordon (CA)
Kazunori Iwasa (Fujitsu)
Matsuki Yoshino (Hitachi)
Matthew Berry (IBM)

Submitted

this 12th day of August, 2008,

Paul Lipton (CA), Kazunori Iwasa (Fujitsu), Matsuki Yoshino (Hitachi), Steve Holbrook (IBM) and Wayne Carr (Intel).