W3C: Leading the Web -- and Web Services -- to their Full Potential
by Steve Bratt

Table of contents

• Leading the Web -- and Web Services -- to their Full Potential
• Objectives for this Presentation
• W3C's Mission
• Developing Standards and Guidelines at W3C (1)
• Developing Standards and Guidelines at W3C (2)
• Web Services: Challenges
• WS Builds upon Web Foundation Specifications
• Brief History of Web Services at W3C
• Organization within the W3C
• Web Services Architecture Working Group
• Draft Definition
• Web Services Architecture Requirements
• Status of the Web Services Architecture Working Group
• XML Protocol Working Group
• Toward SOAP Version 1.2
• SOAP Version 1.2 in a Nutshell
• Status of the Work on SOAP Version 1.2
• Web Services Description Working Group
• Application of WSDL (and WS)
• Status of the Web Services Description Working Group
• Web Services Coordination Group
• Next Steps
• W3C: Work Underway