The watchwords of XML Web services were the watchwords of the Web: simplicity and universality. But as the specs multiply like weeds, it’s fair to ask if we’re now just reinventing CORBA and ...

IBM, Microsoft, BEA, SAP AG and Sun MicroSystems today submitted the latest version of WS-Addressing, a key Web services specification, to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

WS-Addressing is a key part of the core Web services architecture. In particular, the specification is designed to underlie other specifications, such as WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Federation and ...