Ws-i.org is an organization that establishes best practice for internet.
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Welcome to the WS-I Organization's web site
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In this new world of Web services, interoperability is essential to the insurance industry. As we develop industry standards for use across the value chain, we must be able to share data with non-insurance parties such as regulatory authorities, banks and mortgage companies, etc. Otherwise we will not achieve our goal of straight through processing. On another level, we need to be assured that ACORD standards are platform and application independent. It is clear that WS-I’s mission is very much in line with ACORD and we’re glad to be a part of this organization.
WS-I is an open industry organization chartered to promote Web services interoperability across platforms, operating systems and programming languages. The organization’s diverse community of Web services leaders helps customers to develop interoperable Web services by providing guidance, recommended practices and supporting resources. All companies interested in promoting Web services interoperability are encouraged to join the effort.
Specifically, WS-I creates, promotes and supports generic protocols for the interoperable exchange of messages between Web services. In this context, “generic protocols” are protocols that are independent of any action indicated by a message, other than those actions necessary for its secure, reliable and efficient delivery, and “interoperable” means suitable for multiple operating systems and multiple programming languages.
