Supported standards

This topic lists the external standards supported by CICS®, and tells you where you can find detailed information about each standard.

Atom Publishing Protocol and Atom Syndication Format
The Atom Publishing Protocol is the protocol for publishing and editing resources in the Atom document format over HTTP. The Atom Syndication Format is the specification for the structure of Atom feed and entry documents.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol - HTTP/1.1
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.
OSGi Service Platform Release 7
The OSGi Service Platform Release 7 specification provides an open and common architecture to develop, deploy, and manage services in a coordinated way.
SAML
SAML is an XML-based framework for describing and exchanging security information.
Service Component Architecture Assembly Model 1.0
Service Component Architecture Assembly Model 1.0 defines both a model for assembling tightly coupled and loosely coupled services and a model for applying infrastructure capabilities to services and to service interactions, including security and transactions.
SOAP 1.1 and 1.2
SOAP is a lightweight, XML-based, protocol for exchange of information in a decentralized, distributed environment.
SOAP 1.1 Binding for MTOM 1.0
SOAP 1.1 Binding for MTOM 1.0 is a specification that describes how to use the SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM) and XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP) specifications with SOAP 1.1.
SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM)
SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM) is one of a related pair of specifications that defines conceptually how to optimize the transmission and format of a SOAP message.
Web Services Atomic Transaction Version 1.0
Web Services Atomic Transaction Version 1.0 (or WS-AtomicTransaction) is a protocol that defines the atomic transaction coordination type for transactions of a short duration. It is used with the extensible coordination framework described in the Web Services Coordination Version 1.0 (or WS-Coordination) specification.
Web Services Coordination Version 1.0
Web Services Coordination Version 1.0 (or WS-Coordination) is an extensible framework for providing protocols that coordinate the actions of distributed applications. These coordination protocols are used to support a number of applications, including those that need to reach consistent agreement on the outcome of distributed activities.
WSDL 1.1 Binding Extension for SOAP 1.2
WSDL 1.1 Binding Extension for SOAP 1.2 is a specification that defines the binding extensions that are required to indicate that web service messages are bound to the SOAP 1.2 protocol.
WS-I Simple SOAP Binding Profile Version 1.0
WS-I Simple SOAP Binding Profile Version 1.0 (SSBP 1.0) is a set of non-proprietary web services specifications, along with clarifications and amendments to those specifications which promote interoperability.
XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP)
XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP) is one of a related pair of specifications that defines how to efficiently serialize XML Infosets that have certain types of content.
XML Encryption Syntax and Processing
XML Encryption Syntax and Processing specifies a process for encrypting data and representing the result in XML. The data may be arbitrary data (including an XML document), an XML element, or XML element content. The result of encrypting data is an XML Encryption element which contains or references the cipher data.
XML Schema
The XML Schema definition language is introduced in Part 0 of the XML Schema specification, more formal descriptions of the XML Schema definition language are detailed in Parts 1 and 2 of the XML Schema specification.
XML-Signature Syntax and Processing
XML-Signature Syntax and Processing specifies processing rules and syntax for XML digital signatures.