Web Services History at W3C
Dec 1999:
xml-dist-app@w3.org
list created for XML protocol discussions
May 2000:
SOAP 1.1 becomes acknowledged submission
Sep 2000: Creation of the XML Protocol Working Group
Mar 2001:
WSDL becomes acknowledged submission
Apr 2001:
Workshop on Web Services
in San Jose, CA.
Jan 2002:
Web Services Activity
formed
chartered to produce royalty-free, open specifications
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