Introduction / Web Services Architecture Working Group status
by Hugo Haas, W3C

Table of contents

• Web Services Session: Introduction
• Overview
• What is a Web service?
• An example of a Web service
• Web services work at W3C
• Web Services Activity
• Web Services Architecture Working Group
• Status of the Working Group
• Web Services Architecture Requirements
• Requirements: Web-friendly
• Requirements: Security
• Requirements: Scalability and extensibility
• Upcoming milestones
• References