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Web Infrastructure

Definition:

Web Infrastructure includes equipment/services to support delivery of services over the Internet or similar networks. These include supporting: Network Services which consists of protocols defining the format and structure of data and information either accessed from a directory or exchanged through communications; Service Transport which consists of protocols defining the format and structure of data and information either accessed from a directory or exchanged through communications.

Theme(s):
Technology Business Management, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Management
Topic(s):
Technology Business Management, EA: Infrastructure Architecture
Context:
IT Business Function

Web Service

Definition:

A software service used to communication between two devices on a network. More specifically, a Web service is a software application with a standardized way of providing interoperability between disparate applications. It does so over HTTP using technologies such as XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI.

Theme(s):
Integration and Interoperability, Enterprise Architecture
Topic(s):
Integration, EA: Application Architecture
Context:
Integration

Web Services Description Language

Definition:

An XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information. The operations and messages are described abstractly, and then bound to a concrete network protocol and message format to define an endpoint.

Theme(s):
Integration and Interoperability, Enterprise Architecture
Topic(s):
Integration, EA: Application Architecture
Context:
Integration

Web Services Federation Language

Definition:

An OASIS specification that defines mechanisms to allow different security realms to federate, such that authorized access to resources managed in one realm can be provided to security principles whose identities and attributes are managed in other realms. This includes mechanisms for brokering of identity, attribute, authentication and authorization assertions between realms, and privacy of federated claims.

Theme(s):
Integration and Interoperability, Enterprise Architecture
Topic(s):
Integration, EA: Application Architecture
Context:
Integration

Web Services Security

Definition:

An OASIS specification that proposes a standard set of SOAP extensions that can be used when building secure Web services to implement message content integrity and confidentiality.

Theme(s):
Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Integration and Interoperability
Topic(s):
Integration, Security, EA: Application Architecture, EA: Security Architecture
Context:
Integration

Wellness and Safety Information

Definition:

Ensuring the safety and health of employees within the workplace

Theme(s):
Enterprise Architecture, Administrative and Financial Systems
Topic(s):
Human Resource Systems, EA: Business Architecture
Context:
Business Functions

Workgroup

Definition:

An ad hoc or standing group of subject matter experts who support the development and maintenance of policies, standards and/or guidelines.

Theme(s):
Governance
Topic(s):
Policies and Standards