OASIS Web Services Secure Exchange (WS-SX) TC

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Defining WS-Security extensions and policies to enable the trusted exchange of multiple SOAP messages

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The Technical Committee was closed by TC Administration on 19 November 2020 and is no longer active. Archives of its work remain publicly accessible and are linked from this page. OASIS appreciates the efforts of all those who participated in this TC.

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Announcements

Weekly Meetings

The TC will meet by phone biweekly at 7am Pacific Time (3pm GMT) on Wednesdays. Phone number and agenda details will be kept in the on-line calendar. Phone meetings commenced on January 11th 2006.


Overview

The purpose of the OASIS WS-SX TC is to define extensions to OASIS Web Services Security to enable trusted SOAP message exchanges involving multiple message exchanges and to define security policies that govern the formats and tokens of such messages. This work will be carried out through continued refinement of the Web Services SecureConversation, SecurityPolicy and Trust specifications submitted to the TC as referenced in this charter.

For more information, see the TC Charter and FAQ


Technical Work Produced by the Committee

The committee has produced the following OASIS Standards


External Resources

Although not produced by the OASIS WS-SX TC, the following information offers useful insights into its work.

OASIS Members Form Committee to Advance Standards for Web Services Secure Exchange (WS-SX)
OASIS News 26 Oct 2005


Mailing Lists and Comments

ws-sx: the list used by TC members to conduct Committee work. TC membership required to post. TC members are automatically subscribed; the public may view archives.

ws-sx-comment: a public mail list for providing input to the OASIS ws-sx Technical Committee members. Send a comment or view archives.


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