Web Services Work at W3C: Ongoing/Upcomming
On August 3, the
Web Services Description Working Group
brought WSDL 2.0 to W3C Last Call:
Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 1: Core Language
Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 2: Predefined Extensions
Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 3: Bindings
The review period ends on
October 4
. Please review and comment on these documents.
Specifications for optimizing binary content in SOAP (by the
XML Protocol Working Group
) moved to CR:
SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism
XML-binary Optimized Packaging
(XOP)
SOAP Resource Representation Header
W3C recently acknowledged two related Member Submissions:
Web Services Addressing (WS-Addressing)
WS-MessageDelivery Version 1.0
Looking at starting work in this area.
Workshop on Constraints and Capabilities for Web Services
to be held in Redwood Shores, CA, USA on 12-13 October.
Position papers are due 27 August.
The
Internationalization Activity
is being rechartered. Specification work on Web services internationalization is being planned (
DRAFT charter
), based on
Requirements for the Internationalization of Web Services
(Working Draft).
Martin J. Dürst
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