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Sun looks to boost Java-.Net interoperability

04.11.2005
Sun Microsystems, in a move to improve interoperability between Java and Microsoft's .Net platform, plans to develop and distribute open source versions of several industry-wide Web services specifications. The company is planning implementations of WS-* specifications in messaging, metadata, security, and quality of service.

"What we're announcing is sort of a continued commitment to interoperability, especially with technology from Microsoft," said Ashesh Badani, group marketing manager for SOA at Sun.

The specifications include:

* WS-Addressing * MTOM (Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism) * WS-Policy * WS-MetadataExchange * WS-Security * WS-Trust * WS-SecureConversation

* WS-ReliableMessaging * WS-Coordination

Sun cited Microsoft's plans to implement these specifications in the planned Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), formerly known as Indigo, which is Microsoft's Web services platform. The specifications serve as interfaces to WCF, Badani said.