1.1 Glossary

This document uses the following terms:

advanced flow-control extension (AFCE): An extension to the Web Services Reliable Messaging Protocol [WSRM1-0], [WSRM1-1], and [WSRM1-2] that attempts to minimize the number of dropped messages by synchronizing the rate at which the reliable messaging source (RMS) sends messages with the rate at which the reliable messaging destination (RMD) can receive them.

advanced flow-control object (AFCO): The abstract construct used to demonstrate an implementation of the advanced flow-control extension (AFCE) on the reliable messaging destination (RMD)).

Application Destination (AD): The endpoint to which a message is delivered. For fuller information, see [WSRM1-0], [WSRM1-1], and [WSRM1-2].

reliable messaging destination (RMD): An endpoint that receives a message. For more information, see [WSRM1-0], [WSRM1-1], and [WSRM1-2].

reliable messaging source (RMS): An endpoint that sends a message. For more information, see [WSRM1-0], [WSRM1-1], and [WSRM1-2].

sequence: A one-way, uniquely identifiable batch of messages between an RMS and an RMD.

SOAP: A lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment. SOAP uses XML technologies to define an extensible messaging framework, which provides a message construct that can be exchanged over a variety of underlying protocols. The framework has been designed to be independent of any particular programming model and other implementation-specific semantics. SOAP 1.2 supersedes SOAP 1.1. See [SOAP1.2-1/2003].

Web Services Reliable Messaging (WSRM) Protocol: A protocol that defines mechanisms that enable web services to ensure delivery of messages over unreliable communication networks. The WSRM Protocol allows different operating and middleware systems to reliably exchange these messages.

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.