WS-Notification is a group of specifications related to the WS-Resource

WS-Resource

WS-Resource is a family of specifications that enable and standardise interfaces for web services to give the appearance of statefulness; this is accomplished using WS-Addressing endpoints and resources, special web services that provide access to -- and manipulation of -- remotely stored data...

 framework that allows event driven programming between web services.

WS-Notification is based on the event notification pattern. This pattern allows, for example, a web service to spread information to other web services, without prior knowledge of those web services.

See also

• SMOA Notification
• WS-Eventing
  WS-Eventing
  WS-Eventing defines a protocol for web services to subscribe to another web service, or to accept a subscription from another web service. It is used to provide asynchronous notifications to interested parties.-External links:**...
  
  
• Globus Alliance
  Globus Alliance
  The Globus Alliance is an international association dedicated to developing fundamental technologies needed to build grid computing infrastructures...
  
  
• OASIS detail page
• Virtual synchrony
  Virtual synchrony
  Virtual synchrony is an interprocess messaging passing technology. Virtual synchrony systems allow programs running in a network to organize themselves into process groups, and to send messages to groups...
  
  
• IBM : Using WS-Notification in Java