Today s standard transaction protocols employ a one-pipe model which renders them complex and hard to implement, and limits the choice of application communications protocols. Hence they are not widely deployed and are of little practical value. Use of proprietary transaction protocols inhibits interoperability and flexibility. These factors restrict the widespread use of the transaction programming paradigm, and limit development of new distributed business applications on the internet.
TIP is a lightweight transaction protocol employing the two-pipe model.
Being useful and simple to implement, TIP is expected to be widely deployed. It will facilitate the widespread use of the transaction model, simplifying distributed applications programming. TIP includes methods which render it particularly applicable for use with the internet. The net of this is to increase business application opportunities. Particularly, TIP will enable new internet business transactions which involve access to multiple web servers.