W3C: Leading the Web -- and Web Services -- to their Full Potential - slide "Brief History of Web Services at W3C"

Dec 1999: xml-dist-app@w3.org list created for XML protocol discussions
Feb 2000: W3C provides an interim plan for XML protocol
May 2000: SOAP 1.1 becomes acknowledged submission
Sep 2000: Creation of the XML Protocol Working Group
Mar 2001: WSDL becomes acknowledged submission
Mar 2001: www-ws@w3.org created for Web Services discussions
Apr 2001:Workshop on Web Services in San Jose, CA.
Jan 2002: Web Services Activity formed
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