What is needed to achieve this goal?

Workshop on Web services in April 2001.

• Use of XML as the common language:
  • platform independent.
  • easy to parse.
  • human readable.
  • extensible with namespaces.
  • a lot of related technologies: transformations, queries...
• Transport of information.
• Description of services.
• Orchestration / composition of services.
• Security.
• Relationship with the Semantic Web Activity?