1.1 Glossary
This document uses the following terms:
certificate: A certificate is a collection of attributes and extensions that can be stored persistently. The set of attributes in a certificate can vary depending on the intended usage of the certificate. A certificate securely binds a public key to the entity that holds the corresponding private key. A certificate is commonly used for authentication and secure exchange of information on open networks, such as the Internet, extranets, and intranets. Certificates are digitally signed by the issuing certification authority (CA) and can be issued for a user, a computer, or a service. The most widely accepted format for certificates is defined by the ITU-T X.509 version 3 international standards. For more information about attributes and extensions, see [RFC3280] and [X509] sections 7 and 8.
client: A computer on which the remote procedure call (RPC) client is executing.
initiating operation: A WSDL operation that is the first operation sent by the client.
Initiating Stream: The protocol stream that flows from the initiator.
input message: The WSDL message referred to by the input element in a WSDL operation.
notification operation: An operation in which the endpoint sends a message, as specified in [WSDL].
one-way operation: An operation in which the endpoint receives a message, as specified in [WSDL].
output message: The WSDL message referred to by the output element in a WSDL operation.
processing operation: A WSDL operation that is not a terminating operation.
sessionful transport: A transport that associates messages into message groups defined by the transport.
SOAP message: An XML document consisting of a mandatory SOAP envelope, an optional SOAP header, and a mandatory SOAP body. See [SOAP1.2-1/2007] section 5 for more information.
SSL/TLS handshake: The process of negotiating and establishing a connection protected by Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS). For more information, see [SSL3] and [RFC2246].
terminating operation: A WSDL operation that is the last operation sent by a client.
web service: A unit of application logic that provides data and services to other applications and can be called by using standard Internet transport protocols such as HTTP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), or File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Web services can perform functions that range from simple requests to complicated business processes.
Web Services Description Language (WSDL): An XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints that operate on messages that contain either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information. The operations and messages are described abstractly and are bound to a concrete network protocol and message format in order to define an endpoint. Related concrete endpoints are combined into abstract endpoints, which describe a network service. WSDL is extensible, which allows the description of endpoints and their messages regardless of the message formats or network protocols that are used.
WSDL extension: Represents a requirement or a capability of a Web service, which is defined by using the WSDL extensibility model.
WSDL operation: A single action or function of a web service. The execution of a WSDL operation typically requires the exchange of messages between the service requestor and the service provider.
WSDL port type: A named set of logically-related, abstract Web Services Description Language (WSDL) operations and messages.
XML: The Extensible Markup Language, as described in [XML1.0].
XML namespace: A collection of names that is used to identify elements, types, and attributes in XML documents identified in a URI reference [RFC3986]. A combination of XML namespace and local name allows XML documents to use elements, types, and attributes that have the same names but come from different sources. For more information, see [XMLNS-2ED].
XML schema: A description of a type of XML document that is typically expressed in terms of constraints on the structure and content of documents of that type, in addition to the basic syntax constraints that are imposed by XML itself. An XML schema provides a view of a document type at a relatively high level of abstraction.
MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as defined in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT.