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There we have it, then. So - how long until we see it in our portal products?\ Paul Begin forwarded message: > From: "Carol Geyer" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu Sep 11, 2003 19:14:15 Europe/London > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>, > <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>, "Scott Cook" > <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>, > <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: WSRP Approved as OASIS Standard > Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) Approved as OASIS Standard > > BEA Systems, Citrix Systems, Factiva, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, > Plumtree Software, Reed Elsevier, SAP, Sun Microsystems, TIBCO, > Vignette, and Other OASIS Members Standardize Integration of > User-Facing > Web Services > > Boston, MA, USA; 11 September 2003 -- The OASIS standards consortium > today announced that its members have approved Web Services for Remote > Portlets (WSRP) version 1.0 as an OASIS Standard, a status that > signifies the highest level of ratification. WSRP standardizes the > consumption of Web services in portal front ends, as well as the way in > which content providers write Web services for portals. > > "WSRP defines how Web services plug into portals," explained Delphi > president, Thomas Koulopoulos. "Once a WSRP service is published to a > public directory, portal administrators are able to locate and > dynamically integrate it with just a few mouse clicks. WSRP is a > critcal > standard enabling distributed portals to share portlets as visual, > user-facing Web services for integration with other portals." > > WSRP eliminates the need for content aggregators to choose between > locally hosting a content source or writing code specific to each > remote > content source. Instead, WSRP allows content to be hosted in the > environment most suitable for its execution while still being easily > accessed by content aggregators. The standard enables content producers > to maintain control over the code that formats the presentation of > their > content. By reducing the cost for aggregators to access their content, > WSRP increases the rate at which content sources may be easily > integrated into pages for end-users. > > "The OASIS WSRP Technical Committee was founded in early 2002 with the > vision of providing a single interface standard for all interactive, > presentation-oriented Web services. WSRP v1.0 succeeds in providing > this > platform neutral definition of an interface," said Rich Thompson of > IBM, > chair of the OASIS WSRP Technical Committee. "Early vendor support for > WSRP--weve tracked eight implementations to date--clearly demonstrates > the need for this standardized means of accessing remote content." > > "WSRP builds on foundational work from the Worldwide Web Consortium > (W3C)," said Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS. "WSRP uses > WSDL > to describe interfaces, and requires SOAP bindings for all conformant > services. WSRP is an excellent example of how an open, standards-based > approach will enable end-user interactive web services to be deployed > in > a lower cost, faster-to-implement, plug-and-play environment." > > WSRP allows remote portlet Web services to be implemented in a variety > of ways, including Java/J2EE and Microsoft's .NET platform. > > WSRP is the result of a collaboration of 25 OASIS member companies > including BEA Systems, Citrix Systems, Factiva, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, > Oracle, Plumtree Software, Reed Elsevier, SAP, Sun Microsystems, TIBCO, > and Vignette. It joins a growing portfolio of OASIS Standards and > specifications for Web services including Universal Description, > Discovery, and Integration of Web Services (UDDI), Web Services > Business > Process Language (WSBPEL), Web Services for Distributed Management > (WSDM), Web Services for Reliable Messaging (WSRM), WS-Security, and > others. OASIS currently has more than 60 active technical committees. > > Industry Support for WSRP > > BEA Systems > "WSRP 1.0 is an important step forward in expanding the reach and > ubiquity of portal technologies by providing standards that extend > customer applications to support federated portals," said Shane > Pearson, > Group Product Manager, WebLogic Portal, BEA Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: > BEAS). > "The increase in available content and applications, combined with the > ease of deployment and consistent APIs of the Java Portlet > Specification, both of which are available to BEA developers today, > will > increase the return on investment and usefulness of portal solutions." > > Computer Associates > "By providing a 'plug-n-play' standard that enables developers to > capture portal content from compliant sources and make that content > available to users in readily accessible portlets, WSRP unleashes the > full potential power of Web services," said Dmitri Tcherevik, vice > president and director of Web services at CA. "CA is committed to > supporting WSRP in our CleverPath information delivery solutions, and > providing the security and management support necessary to ensure that > WSRP-based business solutions are safe, reliable and scalable." > > Factiva > "WSRP approval is a significant milestone for OASIS and for our > customers, especially as their enterprise portal deployments continue > to > grow," said Mike Menna, associate vice president of Applications and > Integration of Products for Factiva. "For Factiva, the approval of WSRP > further validates our integration strategy dating back to early 2000. > Going forward, we will continue to work with our fellow OASIS WSRP > Technical Committee members to provide the best business intelligence > content at the point of decision." > > IBM > "As a co-author and a leader of the WSRP and JSR 168 initiatives, IBM > is > very glad to see that WSRP has been approved by OASIS as a formal > standard. IBM, through WebSphere Portal, will be enabled to integrate > WSRP services offered by any WSRP-compliant producer and to publish > portlets running on WebSphere Portal as WSRP services," said Larry > Bowden, vice president of Portals and Lotus products for IBM. "To push > for the quick adoption of the WSRP OASIS Standard by providers of > content and application services, IBM provides a free, open source > implementation of WSRP based on Tomcat and the Java Portlet API (JSR > 168) Reference Implementation at the Apache Software Foundation - > WSRP4J > (http://ws.apache.org/wsrp4j/), thus enabling third parties to > implement > WSRP services by implementing JSR 168 portlets and making them > available > as WSRP services which will plug into all WSRP-compliant portals." > > Plumtree > "Plumtree was the first vendor to release a WSRP product to customers > and one of the only vendors whose WSRP software is built for use on > many > different application servers. We've also demonstrated interoperability > with all WSRP test implementations including those offered by BEA, IBM, > Oracle, and Citrix," said Plumtree CEO, John Kunze. "Plumtree will > continue its role as an active participant in the OASIS WSRP Technical > Committee and other standards bodies. We also hope to guide standards > beyond just portlets to include other key elements for building rich > applications, such as Web services for indexing content, importing user > profiles and security, and for federating searches. Creating a world of > standardized, interoperable portals is an ambitious vision--the > finalization of WSRP is an important first step." > > Sun Microsystems > "We fully support the WSRP standard as it will be a key driver of Web > services adoption in the portal marketplace," said David Bryant, > director of marketing for the Sun ONE Portal Server, Sun Microsystems, > Inc. "Sun is committed to helping our customers build federated portals > that deliver easy access to services for their end-users through > standards such as WSRP, Liberty, and JSR 168." > > Vignette > "The WSRP OASIS Standard and its 'plug-and-play' structure for diverse > user-facing Web applications, including portals, will help > organizations > rapidly assimilate information from across the enterprise to provide a > better customer experience," said Ed Anuff, vice president of strategy > at Vignette. "Vignette continues its long-standing push to define and > promote open > standards, in turn giving its customers maximum flexibility and the > opportunity to reduce complexity while speeding deployment and time to > benefit." > > WebCollage > "As a leader in enabling companies to integrate interactive > applications > across Web systems, WebCollage is proud to have played a role in the > development of the WSRP 1.0 specification, and we are pleased to see > the > support it has received," said Gil Tayar, Chief Technology Officer at > WebCollage, Inc. "WSRP has the potential to do for interactive > applications what SOAP did for the programmatic services, by making it > easier and cost effective to integrate application functionality across > a large number of portals. WebCollage customers benefit from the > ability > to repurpose existing Web applications as WSRP-enabled remote > portlets." > > > > About OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org): > OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information > Standards) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the > development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards. Members > themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open > process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite > disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web > services, conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, > topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. > Founded > in 1993, OASIS has more than 2,000 participants representing over 600 > organizations and individual members in 100 countries. > > > Press contact: > Carol Geyer > Director of Communications > OASIS (www.oasis-open.org) > [log in to unmask] > +1.978.667.5115 x209 > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster > of the OASIS TC), go to > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/announce/members/ > leave_workgroup.php. > > -- dr. paul miller --------------------------- [log in to unmask] -- project manager, portal project www.fair-portal.hull.ac.uk/ interoperability focus, ukoln www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/ ------------------------------------------- tel: +44 (0)1482 466890 --