Status of the Web Services Description Working Group
  - Requirements document published:
    
      - Based on the XML Information Set
 
      - Use W3C XML Schema but allow other schema languages
 
      - Simple interaction between Web Services: one-way, request-response,
        solicit-response, and faults
 
      - Binding to SOAP 1.2 and HTTP/1.1
 
      - Extensibility and versioning
 
    
   
  - Published a set of usage scenarios
 
  - Working Draft of the description language:
    
      - Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 1.2
 
      - Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 1.2: Bindings