Supported web service standards

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IBM® Business Automation Workflow supports a variety of web service industry standards that can be configured and used in the Standard componentry by using the invocation of external services with web service binding or the exposure of a web service, or in Advanced by using the Service Component Architecture (SCA) programming model (JAX-WS export and import web services bindings within a module).

The tables in this topic are specific to IBM Business Automation Workflow and earlier versions of related products.

For some support (for example, the Web Services Notification (WS-Notification) specification), the specific capability is listed as Not supported because it is not present in the IBM Business Automation Workflow supplied programming model. However, for IBM Business Automation Workflow Advanced, the capability is present and available to be used in the underlying application server (WebSphere® Application Server 8.5) with its supplied programming model and tools accessible by way of Integration Designer perspectives. These entries are marked in the following tables with an asterisk (*).

For a complete list of web services supported in WebSphere Application Server 8.5, see Specifications and API documentation External link opens a new window or tab .

The IBM Business Automation Workflow columns in the tables lists the latest specification level that the product supports. However, support for specifications is compatible with earlier versions of the product; the latest product version supports all specifications that are listed from Version 6.2 onwards. The word New appears beside the version where the specification was first supported. For example, Version 8.0 was the first time JAX-WS 2.2 was supported.

Web services

The web services standards are listed in Table 1:

Table 1. Supported web service industry standards
Specification or API	IBM Business Automation Workflow (Advanced) and IBM Business Process Manager Advanced 8.6 and 8.5	IBM Business Automation Workflow (Standard) and IBM Business Process Manager Standard 8.6 and 8.5	IBM Business Process Manager Advanced Version 8.0	IBM Business Process Manager Advanced 7.5 and WebSphere Process Server 7.0	IBM Business Process Manager Standard 8.0 and 7.5	WebSphere Process Server 6.2
Java™ API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) specification	JAX-WS 2.2	JAX-WS 2.2 for outbound web services	JAX-WS 2.2 - New	JAX-WS 2.1 - New	Not supported for IBM Business Process Manager Standard V7.5. For IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.0, use JAX-WS 2.2 for outbound web services. - New	JAX-WS 2.0
Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) Reliable Secure Profile (RSP) Note: Before WS-I RSP, the specification was named Reliable Asynchronous Messaging Profile (RAMP).	WS-I RSP 1.0	Not supported	WS-I RSP 1.0 - New	RAMP 1.0	RAMP 1.0	RAMP 1.0
SOAP	SOAP 1.1 SOAP 1.2	SOAP 1.1 SOAP 1.2	SOAP 1.1 SOAP 1.2	SOAP 1.1 SOAP 1.2	SOAP 1.1	SOAP 1.1 SOAP 1.2
SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) Specification	SAAJ 1.3	Not supported	SAAJ 1.3	SAAJ 1.2 SAAJ 1.3	Not supported	SAAJ 1.2 SAAJ 1.3
SOAP over Java Message Service (SOAP over JMS)	Not supported in the JAX-WS binding If you want to use SOAP over JMS, use the JAX-RPC binding as your communications protocol.	Not supported	Not supported in the JAX-WS binding If you want to use SOAP over JMS, use the JAX-RPC binding as your communications protocol.	Not supported in the JAX-WS binding If you want to use SOAP over JMS, use the JAX-RPC binding as your communications protocol.	Not supported	Not supported in the JAX-WS binding If you want to use SOAP over JMS, use the JAX-RPC binding as your communications protocol.
SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM)	SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism 1.0	Not supported	SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism 1.0 - New	SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism - New This standard is supported for IBM BPM Advanced 7.5.1 but not forIBM BPM Advanced Version 7.5.0 or for WebSphere Process Server 7.0.	Not supported	Not supported. The standard is supported through the supplied WebSphere Application Server programming model.
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI)	The UDDI capability is not covered by binding directly. To access UDDI at design time, see Importing artifacts from a Universal Description Discovery and Integration registry. To access UDDI at run time, see UDDI Endpoint Lookup mediation primitive.	The UDDI capability is not covered by binding directly. To access UDDI at design time, see Importing artifacts from a Universal Description Discovery and Integration registry.	The UDDI capability is not covered by binding directly. To access UDDI at design time, see Importing artifacts from a Universal Description Discovery and Integration registry. To access UDDI at run time, see UDDI Endpoint Lookup mediation primitive.	The UDDI capability is not covered by binding directly. To access UDDI at design time, see Importing artifacts from a Universal Description Discovery and Integration registry. To access UDDI at run time, see UDDI Endpoint Lookup mediation primitive..	The UDDI capability is not covered by binding directly. To access UDDI at design time, see Importing artifacts from a Universal Description Discovery and Integration registry.	The UDDI capability is not covered by binding directly. To access UDDI at design time, see Importing artifacts from a Universal Description Discovery and Integration registry.
Web Services Business Activity (WS-BA)	Not supported. The standard is supported through the supplied WebSphere Application Server programming model.	Not supported	Not supported. The standard is supported through the supplied WebSphere Application Server programming model.	Not supported. The standard is supported through the supplied WebSphere Application Server programming model.	Not supported	Not supported. The standard is supported through the supplied WebSphere Application Server programming model.
W3C XML Schema	XML Schema 1.0 XML Schema Part 1 XML Schema Part 2 Supported with restrictions. See Web services compatibility.	XML Schema 1.0 Supported with restrictions. See Web services compatibility.	XML Schema 1.0 XML Schema Part 1 XML Schema Part 2 Supported with restrictions. See Web services compatibility.	XML Schema 1.0 XML Schema Part 1 XML Schema Part 2 Supported with restrictions. See Web services compatibility.	XML Schema 1.0 Supported with restrictions. See Web services compatibility.	XML Schema 1.0 XML Schema Part 1 XML Schema Part 2
Web Services Addressing (WS-Addressing)	WS-Addressing 1.0 family of specifications: Core SOAP Binding Metadata	Supported with restrictions: callback endpoint references from outbound responses are not supported (wsa:ReplyTo and wsa:FaultTo)	WS-Addressing 1.0 family of specifications: Core SOAP Binding Metadata	WS-Addressing 1.0 family of specifications: Core SOAP Binding Metadata	Not supported	WS-Addressing 1.0 family of specifications: Core SOAP Binding Metadata
Web Services Atomic Transaction (WS-AT)	WS-AT 1.2	Not supported	WS-AT 1.2	WS-AT 1.0 WS-AT 1.1 - New WS-AT 1.2 - New	Not supported	WS-AT 1.0
Web Services Coordination (WS-COOR)	WS-COOR 1.2	Not supported	WS-COOR 1.2	WS-COOR 1.0 WS-COOR 1.1 - New WS-COOR 1.2 - New	Not supported	WS-COOR 1.0
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	WSDL 1.1	WSDL 1.1	WSDL 1.1	WSDL 1.1	WSDL 1.1	WSDL 1.1
Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Basic Profile	WS-I Basic Profile 1.2 WS-I Basic Profile 2.0	WS-I Basic Profile 1.1	WS-I Basic Profile 1.2 - New WS-I Basic Profile 2.0 - New	WS-I Basic Profile 1.1 WS-I Basic Profile 1.2 WS-I Basic Profile 2.0	WS-I Basic Profile 1.1	WS-I Basic Profile 1.1 WS-I Basic Profile 1.2 WS-I Basic Profile 2.0
Web Services-Interoperability Attachments Profile	WS-I Attachments 1.0	Not supported	WS-I Attachments 1.0	WS-I Attachments 1.0	Not supported	WS-I Attachments 1.0
Web Services Policy (WS-Policy) specification	Web Services Policy 1.5 Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Metadata Web Services Atomic Transaction Version 1.1 Web Services Reliable Messaging Policy Assertion Version 1.0 Web Services Reliable Messaging Policy Assertion Version 1.1 WS-Security Policy 1.2	Not supported	Web Services Policy 1.5 Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Metadata Web Services Atomic Transaction Version 1.1 Web Services Reliable Messaging Policy Assertion Version 1.0 Web Services Reliable Messaging Policy Assertion Version 1.1 WS-Security Policy 1.2	Web Services Policy 1.5 - New Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Metadata - New Web Services Atomic Transaction Version 1.1 - New Web Services Reliable Messaging Policy Assertion Version 1.0 - New Web Services Reliable Messaging Policy Assertion Version 1.1 - New WS-Security Policy 1.2 - New	Not supported	Not supported
Web Services Notification (WS-Notification)	Not supported. The standard is supported through the supplied WebSphere Application Server programming model.	Not supported	Not supported. The standard is supported through the supplied WebSphere Application Server programming model.	Not supported. The standard is supported through the supplied WebSphere Application Server programming model.	Not supported	Not supported. The standard is supported through the supplied WebSphere Application Server programming model.
Web Services Reliable Messaging	WS-Reliable Messaging 1.0 WS-Reliable Messaging 1.1 WS-Make Connection Version 1.0	Not supported	WS-Reliable Messaging 1.0 WS-Reliable Messaging 1.1 WS-Make Connection Version 1.0	WS-Reliable Messaging 1.0 WS-Reliable Messaging 1.1 WS-Make Connection Version 1.0 - New	Not supported	WS-Reliable Messaging 1.0 WS-Reliable Messaging 1.1
XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP)	XML-binary Optimized Packaging This standard is supported for IBM Business Process Manager Advanced when MTOM is enabled.	Not supported	XML-binary Optimized Packaging This standard is supported for IBM Business Process Manager Advanced when MTOM is enabled.	XML-binary Optimized Packaging - New This standard is supported for IBM Business Process Manager Advanced Version 7.5.1 when MTOM is enabled but not forIBM Business Process Manager Advanced 7.5.0 or for WebSphere Process Server 7.0.	Not supported	Not supported. The standard is supported through the supplied WebSphere Application Server programming model.

Note:

Policy set support: Beginning in Version 8.5, policy sets could be added to a web services server configuration or an outbound or inbound web service integration. Policy sets include policy types to create a complete set of policies (or properties) that are available to be configured within that policy set. Policy types are a set of related policies (or properties) that are supported by a particular Quality of Service (QoS). Examples of policy types included in these standards are WS-Security and WS-Addressing. An example of a policy set is the Username WSSecurity default policy set which is one of the default policy sets shipped with WebSphere Application Server. Policy sets are not included in these standards.

Web service security

The web service security standards are listed in Table 2:

Table 2. Supported web service security industry standards
Specification or API	IBM Business Automation Workflow (Advanced) and IBM Business Process Manager Advanced 8.6 and 8.5	IBM Business Automation Workflow (Standard) and IBM Business Process Manager Standard 8.6 and 8.5	IBM Business Process Manager Advanced 8.0	IBM Business Process Manager Advanced 7.5 and WebSphere Process Server 7.0	IBM Business Process Manager Standard Version 8.0 and 7.5	WebSphere Process Server 6.2
Canonical XML	Canonical XML 1.0	Not supported	Canonical XML 1.0	Canonical XML 1.0	Not supported	Canonical XML 1.0
Decryption Transform for XML Signature	Decryption Transformation for XML Signature	Not supported	Decryption Transformation for XML Signature	Decryption Transformation for XML Signature	Not supported	Decryption Transformation for XML Signature
Exclusive XML Canonicalization	Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0	Not supported	Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0	Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0	Not supported	Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0
OASIS Web Services Security: SOAP Message Security (WS-Security)	WS-Security 1.1.1	WS-Security 1.1.1 - New	WS-Security 1.1.1	WS-Security 1.0 WS-Security 1.1.1	WS-Security 1.0	WS-Security 1.0 WS-Security 1.1.1
OASIS Web Services Security: Kerberos Token Profile	Kerberos Token Profile 1.1.1	Kerberos Token Profile 1.1.1 - New	Kerberos Token Profile 1.1.1	Kerberos Token Profile 1.1.1 - New	Not supported	Not supported
OASIS Web Services Security: SAML Token Profile 1.1 Note: This specification is supported only in reference to the SAML Version 1.1 and 2.0 assertions within SOAP messages. SAML tokens can be used for inbound web services and outbound web services. However, you cannot reliably propagate the same inbound token to outbound web services as there are scenarios where the token is lost due to thread boundary changes, such as when a process is invoked from the inbound service. For outbound web services you will need to create or request a token from a Security Token Service (STS. For more information see SAML concepts .	SAML V2.0 Technical Overview Differences between SAML 2.0 and 1.1	SAML V2.0 Technical Overview Differences between SAML 2.0 and 1.1	SAML V2.0 Technical Overview Differences between SAML 2.0 and 1.1	SAML V2.0 Technical Overview - New Differences between SAML 2.0 and 1.1	Not supported	Not supported
OASIS Web Services Security: Username Token Profile	Username Token Profile 1.1.1	Username Token Profile 1.1.1 - New	Username Token Profile 1.1.1	Username Token Profile 1.0 Username Token Profile 1.1.1	Username Token Profile 1.0	Username Token Profile 1.0 Username Token Profile 1.1.1
OASIS Web Services Security: X.509 Token Profile	X.509 Token Profile 1.1	X.509 Token Profile 1.1	X.509 Token Profile 1.1	X.509 Token Profile 1.0 X.509 Token Profile 1.1	Not supported	X.509 Token Profile 1.0 X.509 Token Profile 1.1
Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Basic Security Profile	WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.1	WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.1	WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.1	WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0 WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.1	Not supported	WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0 WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.1
Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Reliable Secure Profile	WS-1 Reliable Secure Profile 1.0	Not supported	WS-1 Reliable Secure Profile 1.0	WS-1 Reliable Secure Profile 1.0	Not supported	WS-1 Reliable Secure Profile 1.0
Web Services Secure Conversation (WS-SecureConversation)	WS-SecureConversation 1.3	WS-SecureConversation 1.3 - New	WS-SecureConversation 1.3	WS-Secure Conversation v1.0 (submission draft) WS-SecureConversation 1.3 - New	Not supported	WS-Secure Conversation v1.0 (submission draft)
Web Services Trust	OASIS WS-Trust 1.3	Not supported	OASIS WS-Trust 1.3	OASIS WS-Trust 1.1 OASIS WS-Trust 1.3 - New	Not supported	OASIS WS-Trust 1.1
XML Signature Syntax and Processing	XML Signature Syntax and Processing	XML Signature Syntax and Processing	XML Signature Syntax and Processing	XML Signature Syntax and Processing	XML Signature Syntax and Processing	XML Signature Syntax and Processing
XML Encryption Syntax and Processing	XML Encryption Syntax and Processing	XML Encryption Syntax and Processing	XML Encryption Syntax and Processing	XML Encryption Syntax and Processing	XML Encryption Syntax and Processing	XML Encryption Syntax and Processing