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SOA and Web services adoption continues, but it is taking a long time for the industry to work out all of the specifications and standards. Core standards like SOAP and WSDL are widely adopted, and others like WS-Security are ready for broad adoption. But to build Web services that operate with high quality of service, the industry needs many other specifications like those for management, transactions, and advanced security. These are under development but as yet are mature enough only for aggressive technology adopters. To determine how aggressive they should make their firm's strategy for adopting advanced Web services specifications, architects and developers must balance the potential for business value from use of a given spec against their firm's ability to manage adoption risk through research and prototyping prior to early use of a spec.

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