This document provides an overview of XML for web services. It discusses the key components of a web services architecture including discovery, description, packaging/extensions, and transport. Discovery involves finding available services through registries like UDDI. Description languages like WSDL are used to specify services. Packaging and extensions handle secure information exchange. The transport layer uses protocols like SOAP and HTTP to move XML messages. The document concludes by noting the various skills needed for web services development and lists some sites to explore example services.