WSE Series I: Introduction

I have decided to post my understanding on WSE as a series of posts starting with an introduction today.

What is WSE?
The Web Services Enhancements aka WSE is a .NET class library that augments the .NET Framework and related technologies to provide an implementation of various WS-* specifications including WS-Security, WS-SecureConversation, WS-Trust, WS-Policy, WS-SecurityPolicy, WS-Addressing, and WS-Attachments. WSE allows you to add these capabilities at design time using code or at deployment time through the use of a policy file.

What are the specifications covered by WSE?

1. WS-Security
   
2. WS-SecurityPolicy
   
3. WS-SecureConversation
   
4. WS-Trust
   
5. WS-Referral
   
6. WS-Addressing
   
7. WS-Policy
   
8. DIME
   
9. WS-Attachments

We shall look into each one of them in future posts.