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I have seen the abbreviation WS-*, but I have not been able to figure out what this means, and why is it important?
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Web Service standards and specifications are known as "WS-*". These represents a set of protocols and specifications. These are used to extend the capability of web service.
WS* refers to a seemingly forever growing set of standard protocols based on the SOAP specification and developed with wide industry backing. Their purpose is to facilitate common messaging requirements between systems.
Web services protocols implemented by WCF WCF provides support for Web services (WS) infrastructure protocols through channels and Web services application protocols through the contracts feature.
WS-* is shorthand for the the myriad of specifications that are used for web service messaging.
Some of the services are:
There is a lot of information to digest, depending on what you need. Here's a list of the specifications on Wikipedia.
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The Web Service stack. There are a bunch of specifications for Web Services, and there names are written WS-whatever, for example: WS-SecurityPolicy. The * is used as a wildcard to indicate that you are referring to the Web Services stack.
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