WS-Transaction
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WS-Transaction - a Web Services specification developed by BEA Systems
, IBM
, and Microsoft. The WS-Transaction specification describes coordination types that are used with the extensible coordination framework described in the WS-Coordination
specification. It defines two coordination types: Atomic Transaction
(AT) for individual operations, and Business Activity (BA) for long running transactions. Developers can use either or both of these coordination types when building applications that require consistent agreement on the outcome of distributed activities.
BEA Systems
BEA Systems, Inc. specialized in enterprise infrastructure software products known as "middleware", which connect software applications to databases and was acquired by Oracle Corporation on April 29, 2008.- History :...
, IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, and Microsoft. The WS-Transaction specification describes coordination types that are used with the extensible coordination framework described in the WS-Coordination
WS-Coordination
WS-Coordination is a Web Services specification developed by BEA Systems, IBM, and Microsoft and accepted by in its . It describes an extensible framework for providing protocols that coordinate the actions of distributed applications...
specification. It defines two coordination types: Atomic Transaction
WS-Atomic Transaction
Web Service Atomic Transaction is an OASIS standard.To achieve all-or-nothing property for a group of services, it defines three protocols , and a set of services...
(AT) for individual operations, and Business Activity (BA) for long running transactions. Developers can use either or both of these coordination types when building applications that require consistent agreement on the outcome of distributed activities.