FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
WS-I Announces
Availability of Testing Tools
Pre-Release Now Available for Public
Comment
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 16, 2003 — The Web Services Interoperability Organization
(“WS-I”) today announced the availability of two testing tools for
interoperability assessment with the WS-I Basic Profile. Pre-release
versions of the Web Service Communication Monitor and the Web Service Profile Analyzer
are now available. The tools, with implementations in both C# and Java,
can be used on any Web services platform.
The testing tools and their
supporting documentation and processes were developed by the WS-I Test Tools
Working Group. “The tools have been designed in such a way to allow for
expansion and extension, so they can accommodate the Basic Profile as well as
future profiles,” said Jacques Durand, chair of the Test Tools Working Group,
and director, Industry Relations at Fujitsu Software Corporation. “They
can be configured to specifically address whichever profile definition they
need to verify. Testing results will help developers ensure
that their Web services meet the WS-I interoperability guidelines.”
The Web Service Communication Monitor
(“Monitor”)
captures messages exchanged between Web services and the software
that invokes them and stores the messages for later analysis. Today’s
pre-release version captures HTTP-based
The Web Service Profile Analyzer (“Analyzer”)
evaluates messages captured by Monitor, and also validates the
description and registration artifacts of the Web service. This includes the
WSDL document(s) that describes the Web service, and the XML schema files that
describe the data types used in the WSDL service definition and the UDDI
registration entries.
The output from Analyzer is a report
that indicates whether or not a Web service meets the interoperability
guidelines of the WS-I Basic Profile 1.0. The report
provides details on the specific deviations and failures, so that users know
which requirements of the WS-I Basic Profile were not met.
WS-I
is requesting public comment to ensure quality and broad applicability of the
testing tools. Feedback should be directed to [email protected].
Final versions of the testing tools are expected this summer closely following
the final release of the WS-I Basic Profile 1.0.
About WS-I
WS-I is an open industry organization committed to promoting
consistent and reliable interoperability among Web services across platforms,
applications and programming languages. The organization unites a diverse community of Web services
companies to provide guidance, recommended practices, and supporting resources
for developing interoperable Web services. Since its formation in
February 2002, more than 170 companies have joined WS-I. For more
information please visit http://www.ws-i.org,
or e-mail [email protected].
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