Mindreef Policy Rules Manager
Mindreef Policy Rules Manager provides the ability to establish SOA design standards by easily combining industry policy sets (e.g. WS-I Basic Profile, WS-Security) with customized organizational best practices.
Most companies building Web services encounter inoperability issues when services are implemented and consumed using tools from different vendors. To mitigate that, organizations mandate that WSDL contracts conform to the WS-I Basic Profile. It is common practice to augment industry standard policies with additional requirements or best practices created by corporate and lead architects who focus on infrastructure. Their goal is to ensure that contracts interoperate with the specific toolkits and frameworks that a company has adopted.
Rigorous testing alone cannot impose quality where it doesn't exist. Even well-written services cannot guarantee broad interoperability unless standards and best practices are well designed and adhered to throughout an organization and throughout the development lifecycle.
Whether you're building a single web service, or laying the foundation for an entire SOA, a contract (WSDL) first approach is essential to designing reusable, interoperable web services. As you are designing your contract, Mindreef provides insight into these complexities as well as expert feedback into the design.
