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XML Protocol Activity
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The goal of XML Protocol is to develop technologies which allow two or more peers to communicate in a distributed environment, using XML as its encapsulation language. Solutions developed by this activity allow a layered architecture on top of an extensible and simple messaging format, which provides robustness, simplicity, reusability and interoperability. The XML Protocol Activity Statement explains the W3C's work on this topic in more details.
The first working group in this activity is the XML Protocol Working Group.
The initial focus of theXML Protocol Working Group is to develop a framework for XML-based messaging systems, which includes specifying a message envelope format and a method for data serialization, directed mainly, but not exclusively, to RPC applications, and conforming with the abovementioned principles. More specifics are available from the Charter.
New and Upcoming
- SOAP Version 1.2 Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Messaging Framework, Part 2: Adjuncts Working Drafts have been published 17 December 2001
- XML Protocol Usage Scenarios Working draft published, 17 December 2001
Working Drafts In Progress
- XML Protocol (XMLP) Requirement Document
- XML Protocol Abstract Model
- XML Protocol Usage Scenarios
- SOAP Version 1.2 Part 0: Primer
- SOAP Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework
- SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2: Adjuncts
Developer Discussion
Technical issues are discussed in xml-dist-app@w3.org (Archives).
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Timeline: Publications and Events
Publications
- October 2001: SOAP Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework Working Draft
- October 2001: SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2: Adjuncts Working Draft
- July 2001: SOAP Version 1.2 Working Draft
- July 2001: XML Protocol Abstract Model Working Draft
- March 2001: XML Protocol Requirements Working Draft
- December 2000: XML Protocol Requirements Working Draft
- September 2000: XML Protocol Working Group Charter
Events
As a result of the increased interest in XML protocols, W3C and others have recently organized several activities on various XML protocol related activities including
- April 11-12, 2001: Workshop on Web services in San Jose, CA.
- Sept 2000: Creation of the XML Protocol Working Group
- May 15-19, 2000: W3C organizes a panel on XML Protocols at WWW9 in Amsterdam
- May 2000: W3C acknowledges SOAP/1.1 submission as aW3C Note: Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1. Submitters are Ariba, Inc., Commerce One, Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, DevelopMentor, Inc., Hewlett Packard Company, International Business Machines Corporation, IONA Technologies, Lotus Development Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, SAP AG, UserLand Software Inc
- May 2000: W3C provides an initial comparison of the various initiatives already in the marketplace
- **Mar 2000:**Michael Condry, Sun, organizes a B2BXML BOF atIETF 47 in Adelaide, Australia, 26-31
- Feb/Mar 2000: W3C organizes an XML protocols BOF at XTech 2000
- Feb 2000: W3C provides an interim plan for XML protocol work
- Dec 1999: W3C createsthexml-dist-app@w3.orgmailing list for discussion of XML protocol related issues.
Bookmarks: Recommended Reading
There are many existing efforts in this area, from the transport level to high-level long-life-cycle documents, most of them are already compiled in the XML Protocol Matrix.
