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W3C

World Wide Web Consortium The main international standards organisation for the World Wide Web. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

W3C Standard

W3C standards define an Open Web Platform for application development that has the unprecedented potential to enable developers to build rich interactive experiences, powered by vast data stores, that are available on any device. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

WAR

Web Application Archive Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

WARC

The WARC (Web ARChive) format is a container format for archived websites, also known as ISO 28500;2009. It is a revision of the Internet Archive's ARC File Format used to store web crawls harvested from the World Wide Web. http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=44717 Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

WAV

" the standard file wrapper for audio; see BWF (Broadcast WAV Format) for the professional variant. http";//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

Well-defined geospatial position

As defined with a coordinate reference system

Well-documented graphical component

Defined using a standardized or proprietary format for geospatial information, that stores coordinates of objects or their representations in space

WildFly

Application Server formerly known as JBoss. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

WLST

Weblogic Scripting Tool Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

Writeblockers

Tools that prevent an examination computer system from writing or altering a collection or subject hard drive or other digital media object. Hardware writeblockers are generally regarded as more reliable than software writeblockers. Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

WS

Web Services Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

WS-I

Web Service Interoperability organisation Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

WS-Reliability

SOAP-based OASIS specification that fulfils reliable messaging requirements critical to some applications of web services. N.B. WS-Reliability has been superseded by WS‑ReliableMessaging. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

WS-Security

SOAP-based OASIS specification that applies security to Web Services. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

WSDL

Web Services Description Language The WSDL represents a contract for the web service, it defines what the web service does. It's largely created by copy and pasting from other places. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

WSRM

Web Service Reliable Messaging Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

WSS

Web Server Software Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

WSSE

WSSE is a family of open security specifications for SOAP web services. The basic premise of WSSE is that a request header is checked for encrypted credentials, verified using a timestamp and nonce, and authenticated for the requested user using a password digest. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary