Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 2.0 Is a Recommendation

2007-06-27: The World Wide Web Consortium today released the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 as a Recommendation in three parts: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Core Language and Part 2: Adjuncts. "In addition to the rigorous interoperability testing, we're pleased to have given developers the HTTP binding, which provides simple Web-friendly access to a service," said Jonathan Marsh (WSO2), Working Group co-Chair. WSDL models and describes modular Web services and is used to document distributed systems and to automate communication between applications. WSDL SOAP 1.1 Binding, Additional MEPs and RDF Mapping have been published as Working Group Notes. Read the testimonials and press release and about Web services. (Permalink)

Web Services Policy 1.5: Proposed Recommendations

2007-07-07: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Web Services Policy 1.5 to Proposed Recommendation. The Policy Framework model expresses the nature of Web services in order to convey conditions for their interaction. Attachment defines how to associate policies, for example within WSDL or UDDI, with subjects to which they apply. Comments are welcome through 17 August. Read about the Web Services Policy Working Group and Web services. (Permalink)

XML Pipeline Language: Working Draft

2007-07-07: The XML Processing Model Working Group has published a Working Draft of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language . Used to control and organize the flow of documents, the XProc language standardizes interactions, inputs and outputs for transformations for the large group of specifications such as XSLT, XML Schema, XInclude and Canonical XML that operate on and produce XML documents. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity ( Permalink )

W3C Cosponsors Extreme Markup Languages, Montréal, Canada, 7-10 August

2007-07-07: W3C is pleased to participate as a cosponsor at Extreme Markup Languages to be held 7-10 August in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Among the participants representing W3C are Chris Lilley, Liam Quin, Felix Sasaki and C. M. Sperberg-McQueen. A W3C Members-only discount is available. Read more about XML. (Permalink)

Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema: Proposed Recommendation

2007-07-05: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema (SAWSDL) to Proposed Recommendation. With these attributes, semantic annotations can be added to Web Services Description Language (WSDL) components for use in classifying, discovering, matching, composing, and invoking Web services. Comments are welcome through 17 August. Read about the SAWSDL Working Group and about Web services. (Permalink )

Widgets 1.0 Requirements: Working Draft

2007-07-05: The Web Application Formats Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Widgets 1.0 Requirements. These design goals are the requirements for device-independent standards for scripting, digitally signing, securing, packaging and deploying client-side Web applications (widgets). Also known as gadgets or modules, widgets are small programs like clocks, stock tickers, news casters, games and weather forecasters that display and update remote data and run on the Web browser environment. Read about Rich Web Clients. (Permalink)

Note: SOAP 1.2 Part 3: One-Way MEP

2007-07-03: The XML Protocol Working Group has published SOAP 1.2 Part 3: One-Way MEP as a Working Group Note. SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2 provides a request-response Message Exchange Pattern (MEP) and a response-only MEP. SOAP Version 1.2 Part 3 provides a one-way MEP. Learn more about the Web Services Activity. (Permalink)

W3C Talks in July

2007-07-03: Browse W3C presentations and events also available as an RSS channel. (Permalink)

• Addison Phillips presents at the 10th Open Metadata Forum on 11 July in New York City, USA.
• Karl Dubost, Tatsuya Hagino, Olivier Thereaux present and Yasuyuki Hirakawa runs a booth at Web標準の日々 (The Days of Web Standards 2007) on 15 July in Tokyo, Japan.
• Philipp Hoschka presents at the W3C Webinar (Webcast, in German) on 17 July.
• On behalf of the W3C Germany and Austria Office, Felix Sasaki presents a lecture organized by Zentrums für Medien und Interaktivität, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, on 20 July in Gießen, Germany.
• Dan Connolly presents at XML Summer School on 25 July in Oxford, United Kingdom.

Planet i18n: Blogs on Web Internationalization

2007-06-29: W3C is pleased to announce the launch of Planet i18n. This community service created by the Internationalization Core Working Group brings together a variety of blog posts that discuss internationalization topics. You can subscribe to the RSS feed. If you own a blog with a focus on internationalization and want to be added, please contact Richard Ishida (W3C). Read more on the Internationalization home page. (Permalink)