UserLand's position re Web Services for W3C

The W3C has asked us, as part of participation in the Web Services Workshop, to write a position brief on our interest in Web Services. Here it is.

UserLand's mission is to turn the Web into a fantastic writing environment.

Our interest in Web services revolves around that mission.

We need Web services to:

1. Connect writing tools to server-based publishing systems.

2. Notify editors and readers that new content is available.

3. Integrate other services with content, especially e-commerce applications.

UserLand has been active in standards for Web services as:

1. A co-author of the XML-RPC specification.

2. A co-author of the SOAP 1.1 specification.

We operate several services for SOAP and XML-RPC developers:

Dave

Dave Winer, CEO
UserLand Software, Inc.
Millbrae, CA USA