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WS-I Basic Profile

WS-I Basic Profile is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand WS-I Basic Profile rather than just read about it. In short: The WS-I Basic Profile (official abbreviation is BP), a specification from the Web Services Interoperability industry consortium (WS-I), provides interoperability guidance for core Web Services specifications such as SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI. The profile uses Web Services Description Language (WSDL) to enable the description of services as sets of endpoints operating on messages.

Key takeaways

WS-I Basic Profile belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect WS-I Basic Profile to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of WS-I Basic Profile from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The WS-I Basic Profile (official abbreviation is BP), a specification from the Web Services Interoperability industry consortium (WS-I), provides interoperability guidance for core Web Services specifications such as SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI. The profile uses Web Services Description Language (WSDL) to enable the description of services as sets of endpoints operating on messages. To understand the importance of WSI-BP, note that it defines a much narrower set of valid services than the full WSDL or SOAP schema. Many common platforms (listed below) support WSI-BP but do not support services outside of it. Compare the WSDL 1.1 specification to the subset permitted in WSI-BP. Also note that WSI-BP generally narrows the SOAP specification. There is a notable exception where WSI expands on the SOAP standard, and that is in adding xml:lang attribute on fault elements.

Versions Version 1.0 of this profile was released in early 2004. Version 1.1 published in 2006 does not have the same scope as version 1.0. The part of version 1.0 dealing with serialization of envelopes and their representation in messages has been moved to a new profile called Simple Soap Binding Profile (SSBP) Version 1.2 was finalized in November 2010. The main new features are the support for MTOM binary attachments and WS-Addressing Version 2.0 was also published in November 2010. It uses SOAP 1.2, UDDI 3 and WS-Addressing

Compliant framework The following is a list of frameworks claiming to be compliant with this profile:

SAP - Sybase Unwired Platform [1] Oracle Weblogic Server 10.3 is Basic Profile compliant as well as WS-I Basic Security Profile compliant [2] ASP.NET 2.0 - Web Services are Basic Profile compliant [3] Microsoft BizTalk Server [4] Eclipse Metro, the bundle including the JAX-WS Reference Implementation (JAX-WS RI) and the Tango (WSIT) project. IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 5.0.2 to 5.1 are BP 1.0 compliant version 6.0+ are BP 1.1 compliant [5] Apache Axis 1.2+ is BP 1.0 compliant Apache Axis2 Celtix gSOAP is BP 1.0a, 1.1, and 1.2 compliant Software AG webMethods version 7 and 8 JBossWS Codehaus XFire Apache CXF, the merger of Codehaus XFire and Celtix Gosu Archived 2010-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, the Gosu language inherently supports WS-I webservices as native types. Cordys SpringWS Archived 2013-09-06 at the Wayback Machine

External links WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 Specification WS-I Basic Profile 1.1 Specification WS-I Basic Profile 1.2 Specification WS-I Basic Profile 2.0 Specification WSDL 1.1 Specification

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with WS-I Basic Profile

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what WS-I Basic Profile claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to WS-I Basic Profile before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about WS-I Basic Profile ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of WS-I Basic Profile

In research: WS-I Basic Profile appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses WS-I Basic Profile in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: WS-I Basic Profile is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Interoperability, Web service specifications, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for WS-I Basic Profile outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study WS-I Basic Profile in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what WS-I Basic Profile means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain WS-I Basic Profile out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is WS-I Basic Profile in simple terms?

Why does WS-I Basic Profile matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study WS-I Basic Profile?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on WS-I Basic Profile.