Web Services Distributed Management

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Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM, pronounced wisdom) is a web service standard for managing and monitoring the status of other services.

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The goal of WSDM is to allow a well-defined network protocol for controlling any other service that is WSDM-compliant. For example, a third-party digital dashboard or network management system could be used to monitor the status or performance of other services, and potentially take corrective actions to restart services if failures occur. Some aspects of WSDM overlap or displace functionality of SNMP.

Specifications

WSDM 1.0 was approved as an OASIS standard on March 9, 2005. [1] The approval of the WSDM 1.1 specification occurred on September 7, 2006. [2]

WSDM consists of two specifications: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) Approved as OASIS Standard". OASIS Consortium. 2005-03-09.
  2. "Members Approve Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) 1.1 as OASIS Standard". OASIS Consortium. 2006-09-07.