Web services provide a standard means of interoperating between different software applications, running on a variety of platforms and/or frameworks. Web services are characterized by their great interoperability and extensibility, as well as their machine-processable descriptions thanks to the use of XML. They can be combined in a loosely coupled way in order to achieve complex operations. Programs providing simple services can interact with each other in order to deliver sophisticated added-value services.
The W3C Web Services Activity is designing the infrastructure, defining the architecture and creating the core technologies for Web services. The SOAP 1.2 XML-based messaging framework became a W3C Recommendation in June 2003 and the SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM) in January 2005.
Here is a comprehensive list of Recommendations pertaining to the W3C Web Services Activity:
Since the last Advisory Committee Meeting, no new W3C Recommendations were published.
During this period, the Web Services Resource Access Working Group advanced seven documents to Proposed Recommendations:
The SOAP-JMS Working Group is working toward the publication of a Proposed Recommendation of their specification.
W3C is organizing a workshop on Data and Services Integration . It will be held October 20-21 2011 in Bedford, MA, hosted by MITRE. See the Call fo Participation.
We expect the remaining Groups to advance their work per respective charter: The completion of SOAP-JMS Working Group with a Recommendation, and the publication of seven Recommendations for the WS-RA Working Group.
| Group | Chair | Team Contact | Charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Services Coordination Group (participants) | Yves Lafon | Yves Lafon | Chartered until 30 September 2010 |
| SOAP-JMS Binding Working Group (participants) | Eric Johnson | Yves Lafon | Chartered until 30 June 2012 |
| Web Services Policy Working Group (participants) | Paul Cotton, Christopher Ferris | None | Chartered until 31 December 2008 |
| Web Services Resource Access Working Group (participants) | Bob Freund | Yves Lafon | Chartered until 30 June 2011 |
This Activity Statement was prepared for TPAC 2011 per section 5 of the W3C Process Document. Generated from group data.
Yves Lafon, Web Services Activity Lead
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