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<p>Web Services Interoperability Technology (WSIT) is an <a href="/facts/Open-source/7X9rCdz4">open-source</a> project started by <a href="/facts/Sun_microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a> to develop the next-generation of <a href="/facts/Web_service/qxrwqB3D">Web service</a> technologies. It provides interoperability between <a href="/facts/Web_Services_Metadata_for_Java/p4j660Fa">Java Web Services</a> and <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft's</a> <a href="/facts/Windows_Communication_Foundation/IoErd0b4">Windows Communication Foundation</a> (WCF). </p><p>It consists of <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java programming language</a> <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">APIs</a> that enable advanced WS-* features to be used in a way that is compatible with Microsoft's Windows Communication Foundation as used by <a href="/facts/Microsoft_.NET/Hh5tWDIw">.NET</a>. The interoperability between different products is accomplished by implementing a number of Web Services specifications, like <a href="/facts/JAX-WS/xcIMaPgp">JAX-WS</a> that provides interoperability between Java Web Services and <a href="/facts/Windows_Communication_Foundation/IoErd0b4">Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation</a>. </p><p>WSIT is currently under development as part of <a href="/facts/Eclipse_Metro/yfpmlMV6">Eclipse Metro</a>. </p><p>WSIT is a series of extensions to the basic SOAP protocol, and so uses <a href="/facts/Jakarta_XML_Web_Services/xcIMaPgp">JAX-WS</a> and <a href="/facts/Jakarta_XML_Binding/GTgm2Vvj">JAXB</a>. It is not a new protocol such as the binary DCOM. </p><p>WSIT implements the <a href="/facts/WS-I/J2AtdqSq">WS-I</a> specifications, including: </p> <ul><li>Metadata <ul><li><a href="/facts/WS-MetadataExchange/1Dvv4SCj">WS-MetadataExchange</a></li> <li>WS-Transfer</li> <li><a href="/facts/WS-Policy/IXYhbXTp">WS-Policy</a></li></ul></li> <li>Security <ul><li><a href="/facts/WS-Security/T7v5kCJt">WS-Security</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/WS-SecureConversation/UvaawSes">WS-SecureConversation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/WS-Trust/19aNR5ae">WS-Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/WS-SecurityPolicy/sDp8bWdV">WS-SecurityPolicy</a></li></ul></li> <li>Messaging <ul><li>WS-ReliableMessaging</li> <li>WS-RMPolicy</li></ul></li> <li>Transactions <ul><li>WS-Coordination</li> <li>WS-AtomicTransaction</li></ul></li></ul>