Terminology
Field or Control |
Definition |
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ASF |
Apache Software Foundation. |
Java Portlet |
A Java software module that conforms to the Portlet API. |
JCP |
Java Community Process: Established for the development of Java technology. |
JSR |
Java Specification Request: Each submission to the JCP gets assigned a unique JSR number. |
JSR 168 |
The JCP specification that describes the Portlet API. |
SAML |
Security Assertion Markup Language: An XML standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between entities. SAML provides a standard security token—a SAML assertion—that can be used with standard web services security frameworks. See http://www.oasis-open.org/glossary/index.php |
SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol: An XML-based messaging protocol framework for building and exchanging distributed, structured information in a decentralized and distributed environment. |
WSDL |
Web Service Description Language: An XML language for describing web services; it defines the core language that can be used to describe web services based on what the services offer. |
WSRP |
Web Services for Remote Portlets: A web services protocol for bringing together content and interactive web applications from remote sources. |
WSS |
Web Services Security Language: Supports security mechanisms, each using implementation and language-neutral XML formats, which include the use of:
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WSRP4J |
The ASF WSRP reference implementation project. |
XML |
Extensible Markup Language: Describes data and focuses on what data is. XML is designed to structure, store, and send information. |