What is WSRP?
Web Services for Remote Portlets Specification (WSRP) Version 1.0 is an OASIS Standard, reflecting the collaborative effort of some twenty-five (25) OASIS member companies. WSRP defines the interface and semantics for a web service standard that allows for the plug-and-play of content sources (e.g., portlets) with portals and other aggregating web applications. It thereby standardizes the consumption of Web services in portal front ends and the way in which content providers write Web services for portals. Scenarios that motivate WSRP/WSIA functionality include: • Portal servers providing portlets as presentation-oriented web services that can be used by aggregation engines; • Portal servers consuming presentation-oriented web services provided by portal or non-portal content providers and integrating them into a portal framework. The description also applies generally to non-portal environments. WSRP allows content to be hosted in the environment most suitable for its execution while