XML News from Friday, June 29, 2007

The W3C Web Services Description Working Group has posted three finished recommendations for WSDL 2.0:

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 0: Primer

"This document is a companion to the WSDL 2.0 specification (Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 1: Core Language [WSDL 2.0 Core], Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 2: Adjuncts [WSDL 2.0 Adjuncts]). It is intended for readers who wish to have an easier, less technical introduction to the main features of the language."

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 1: Core Language

"Web Services Description Language Version 2.0 (WSDL 2.0) provides a model and an XML format for describing Web services. WSDL 2.0 enables one to separate the description of the abstract functionality offered by a service from concrete details of a service description such as 'how' and 'where' that functionality is offered. This specification defines a language for describing the abstract functionality of a service as well as a framework for describing the concrete details of a service description. "

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 2: Adjuncts

WSDL is an XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information. Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 2: Adjuncts defines predefined extensions for use in WSDL 2.0:

  • Message exchange patterns

  • Operation styles

  • Binding Extensions

Comments are due by June 20.