The need for a common framework

• SOAP 1.2
  • XML Protocol Abstract Model
  • Definition of features
• WSDL 1.2
  • Core concepts
  • Exposing SOAP 1.2's ocncepts and features
• Choreography work
  • Building on WSDL 1.2's core concepts
• Description of capabilities and requirements of services
  • Referencing SOAP features and WSDL concepts

Architecture work needed: done by the Web Services Architecture Working Group since January 2002