
146 WebSphere and .Net Interoperability Using Web Services
8.1 Web service Interoperability Organization (WS-I)
WS-I is an organization that integrates the specifications from different standards
organizations and different vendor groups. It does not write the specifications,
does not guarantee interoperability and does not relax standards. It provides
advice, guidance, requirements, best practices, sample applications, use cases,
usage scenarios, restrictions, education and tools for testing conformance ; see
Figure 8-1.
Figure 8-1 Relationship of WS-I deliverables
Its goal is to achieve Web service interoperability among different vendors,