The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) and serves as a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.
W3C Web Services specifications
- SOAP
- WS Choreography Description Language (CDL)
- WS Choreography Model
- Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
- XML Encryption
- XML Key Management Specification (XKMS)
- XML Protocol (XMLP)
- XML Signature
W3C XML specifications
- eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
- InkML
- Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL)
- VoiceXML
- XForms
- XML Linking Language (XLink)
- XML Query (XQuery)
- XML Schema
W3C XML common vocabularies
More information: W3C website (new window).
More on the general topic: Cross-industry consortia
- Business Process Modeling Initiative (BPMI.org)
- Data Center Markup Language (DCML) Interest Group
- Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
- electronic business using eXtensible Markup Language (ebXML)
- Information Technology Research and Standardization Center (INSTAC)
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
- Java Community Process (JCP)
- Liberty Alliance Project
- Object Management Group (OMG)
- Open Applications Group, Inc. (OAGi)
- Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
- The Open Group
- Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
- RosettaNet
- Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I)
- Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC)
- www.udef.com
- XBRL International
- XML/EDI Group
