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This specification (WS-ReliableMessaging) describes a protocol that allows messages to be delivered reliably between distributed applications in the presence of software component, system, or network failures.
The updates to WS-ReliableMessaging are based upon the suggestions collected from the WS-ReliableMessaging Feedback Workshop held in July 2003 and the Interoperability Workshops held in October 2003 and in May 2004. The paper "Web Services Reliable Messaging Reloaded" describes the changes from the March 2004 version (see Resources).
The protocol is described in this specification in an independent manner allowing it to be implemented using different network transport technologies. To support interoperable Web services, a SOAP binding is defined within this specification.
The protocol defined in this specification depends upon other Web services specifications for the identification of service endpoint addresses and policies. How these are identified and retrieved are detailed within those specifications and are out of scope for this document.
WS-RM Policy Assertion describes a domain-specific policy assertion for WS-RM that can be specified within a policy alternative as defined in WS-Policy Framework (WS-Policy -- see Resources).
Get the specification and related material
| Description | Date | Access method |
|---|---|---|
| WS-ReliableMessaging specification (PDF, 305 KB) | February 2005 | HTTP download |
| WS-RM Policy Assertion (PDF, 90 KB) | February 2005 | HTTP download |
| WS-RM WSDL | February 2005 | HTTP Web page |
| WS-RM XSD | February 2005 | HTTP Web page |
| WS-RM Policy XSD | February 2005 | HTTP Web page |
If you would like to contribute technical comments on this specification, please do so through our Feedback page.
If you would like to view the previous versions of this specification, click on the following links:
- Previous version of WS-ReliableMessaging (March 2004) specification (PDF)
- Previous version of WS-ReliableMessaging (March 2003) specification (PDF)
- Find out what changed in the recently republished version of WS-RM since it was last published in March 2004 in the paper Web Services Reliable Messaging reloaded (developerWorks, February 2005).
- Participate in the development of the WS-* specs. Visit the WS-Spec Workshops Web page for more information.
- Read the related Web Services Addressing specification.
- Read the related Web Services Policy Framework specification.
- Read the related Web Services Secure Conversation specification that enables security policy providers to communicate security information between each other.
- Read the related Web Services Policy Attachments specification.
- Read the related Web Services Security specification.
- Read the related Web Services Security Addendum.
- Read the related Web Services Trust specification.