Glossary

Access Control List (ACL) The most common means by which a network security system decides to grant or deny access to network services. It is a list of the available services and the entities permitted to use each service.

acknowledgment header A SOAP header used in the WS-RM specification that contains confirmation of a message’s delivery to its intended destination.

activation service In the transaction space, a Web service on the Coordinator that participants in a transaction will register with.

activity A composition primitive that implements the business logic of a BPEL process. BPEL distinguishes basic and structured activities. See also: Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS).

AdminClient A tool used to ...

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