Windows Open Services Architecture (WOSA) is a set of proprietary Microsoft technologies intended to "...provide a single, open-ended interface to enterprise computing environments.".[1] WOSA was announced by Microsoft in 1992.[2] WOSA was pitched as a set of programming interfaces designed to provide application interoperability across the Windows environment.
The set of technologies that were part of he WOSA initiative include:[3]
- LSAPI (Software Licensing API)
- MAPI (Mail Application Programming Interface)
- ODBC[4] (Open Database Connectivity)
- OLE for Process Control
- SAPI (Speech Application Programming Interface)
- TAPI (Telephony Application Programming Interface)
- Windows SNA (IBM SNA Networks)
- WOSA/XFS (WOSA for Financial Services)
- WOSA/XRT (WOSA for Real-time Market Data)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ overview PDF
- ^ "Infoworld March 9, 1992". Computer Business Review. 1992-02-26. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "Definition of WOSA". PCMAG. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ corob-msft. "ODBC Basics". docs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
