The WS-policy standard pattern
Ola Ajaj, Eduardo B. Fernández · 2010
When using web services, it is important to define in advance policies that will apply to interactions with a given web service. These policies can define requirements such as security protocols to be used, expected degree of security or reliability, or other business rules that apply to the specific web service. The WS-Policy standard from W3C provides architecture to define policies and structures, and means to enforce them. This is a complex standard and we express it as a pattern to facilitate its use by designers and users of web services. This pattern is part of a catalog of patterns for web services standards being currently developed.