Microsoft, IBM advance Web services spec
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Building on their previous efforts to create a framework for producing secure and interoperable Web services, IBM, Microsoft, and several other leading software companies on Tuesday will announce a specification intended to help corporate users simplify identity management.
The proposed WS-Federation specification features a set of Web services technologies intended to give developers a standard way of adding security capabilities to any Web service they build. The specification defines mechanisms that allow developers to manage and establish trust relationships across companies and domains using a variety of different types of security solutions, including support for federated identities, according to company officials.