Web Service Specifications Supported by WSE
The Web services architecture defines a framework that augments the basic Web service. The following table lists the Web services architecture specifications and the XML namespace for the version of the specification that is supported by the Web Services Enhancements 3.0 for Microsoft .NET (WSE).
Specifications
| Area | Specification | XML namespace |
|---|---|---|
Security |
Web Services Security: SOAP Message Security (WS-Security) 1.0 and 1.1 |
http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-soap-message-security-1.1 |
Web Services Secure Conversation Language (WS-SecureConversation) |
https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/sc |
|
Web Services Trust Language (WS-Trust) |
https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust |
|
Web Services Security X.509 Certificate Token Profile |
http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0 |
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Web Services Security UsernameToken Profile 1.0 |
http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0 |
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Web Services Security Kerberos Token Profile 1.0 |
http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-kerberos-token-profile-1.1 |
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Messaging |
Web Services Addressing (WS-Addressing) |
https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing |
SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM) |
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-soap12-mtom-20050125/ |
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SOAP 1.1 |
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/NOTE-SOAP-20000508 |
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SOAP 1.2 |
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-soap12-part1-20030624/ |
WSE uses the Microsoft Cryptography API (CAPI) to perform cryptographic operations.
For more information about the Web services architecture specifications, see "Understanding Web Services" in the MSDN library at MSDN.