Which technology standards does SAP NetWeaver support?
SAP NetWeaver incorporates a comprehensive stack of technology standards that SAP intends to extend as additional standards become stable enough for production use.
The platform, with a declarative, model-driven environment that both programmers and business analysts can use to develop business solutions, builds upon existing service-oriented architecture (SOA) and web services standards. These standards fall into the following categories:
- Basic web services
SOAP, Web Services Description Language (WSDL), Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI), WS-Addressing, WS-Policy
- Interoperability profiles
WS-I Basic Profile and Basic Security Profile
- Security
XML Digital Signature, XML Encryption, SAML, and WS-Security
- Reliable messaging
WS-Reliable Messaging
- Web Services Policy Frameworks
WS-Policy
- Web Services Addressing Core
WS-Addressing
- Process definition
WS-BPEL
- XML
XML Schema, XSLT
- Service management
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Common Information Model (CIM)
SAP actively participates in many of the organizations that are responsible for developing these and other standards, including:
- W3C
Develops XML, XML Schema, XSLT, WSDL, and more. SAP is a gold-level sponsor of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and a member of the W3C Advisory Board that provides strategy-level guidance to the W3C management team.
- OASIS
Develops standards such as UDDI, WS-Reliable Messaging, WS-Security, and WS-BPEL. SAP is ...