Use WS-Policy to exchange policies in a standard format
WS-Policy is an interoperability standard used to describe and communicate the policies of a web service so that service providers can export policy requirements in a standard format. Clients can combine the service provider requirements with their own capabilities to establish the policies required for a specific interaction. WebSphere Application Server conforms to the WS-Policy specification, so that policy information can be exchanged and received in accordance with the WS-Policy standard.
For more information about using WS-Policy, see the following topics.
- Configure a service provider to share its policy configuration
- Configure the client policy to use a service provider policy
- Configure the client policy to use a service provider policy from a registry
- Configure a service provider to share its policy configuration by
- Configure the client policy based on a service provider policy by
- Configure security for a WS-MetadataExchange request
Subtopics
- WS-Policy
WS-Policy is an interoperability standard used to describe and communicate the policies of a web service so that service providers can export policy requirements in a standard format. Clients can combine the service provider requirements with their own capabilities to establish the policies required for a specific interaction.
- Use WS-Policy to exchange policies in a standard format
WS-Policy is an interoperability standard used to describe and communicate the policies of a web service so that service providers can export policy requirements in a standard format. Clients can combine the service provider requirements with their own capabilities to establish the policies required for a specific interaction. WebSphere Application Server conforms to the WS-Policy specification, so that policy information can be exchanged and received in accordance with the WS-Policy standard.
- Configure a service provider to share its policy configuration
A WebSphere Application Server service provider can share its policy configuration in published Web Services Description Language (WSDL), or WSDL that is obtained by using an HTTP GET request or the Web Services Metadata Exchange (WS-MetadataExchange) GetMetadata request.
- Configure the client policy to use a service provider policy
An application that is a web service client can obtain the policy configuration of a web service provider and use this information to establish a policy configuration that is acceptable to both the client and the service provider.
- Configure security for a WS-MetadataExchange request
We can configure message-level security for a Web Services Metadata Exchange (WS-MetadataExchange) GetMetadata request by specifying a suitable policy set and binding. You do this when you configure a web service provider to share its policies or a web service client to obtain the policies of a service provider.
Related concepts
WS-Policy
Related tasks
Configure a service provider to share its policy configuration Configure the client policy to use a service provider policy by Manage policy sets using the administrative console Configure application and system policy sets for web services
WS-Policy commands (AdminTask) Service provider policy sets and bindings collection Service provider settings Policy sharing settings Service client policy set and bindings collection Service client settings Policies applied settings