World Wide Web Consortium, Announcement

W3C recently announced the launch of a new Web Services Policy Working
Group with Paul Cotton (Microsoft) and Chris Ferris (IBM) as co-Chairs.
The group is chartered through 31 December 2007 to standardize a general
policy framework for expressing Web service capabilities and
requirements. The framework consists of a policy data model for
expressing capabilities and requirements of a Web Service, a
processing model for combining and comparing Web service capabilities
and requirements and an XML Information Set representation for the
policy data model.  The Working Group will refine the 'WS-Policy' Member
Submission, addressing implementation experience and interoperability
feedback from the specifications, maximizing compatibility with
existing policy assertions, and considering composition with other
components in the Web services architecture.

http://www.w3.org/2006/04/ws-policy-charter.html
See also the W3C news item: http://www.w3.org/News/2006#item100

Web Services Policy Working Group Charter
The mission of the Web Services Policy Working Group, part of the Web Services Activity, is to produce W3C Recommendations for Web Services Policy by refining the “WS-Policy” Member Submission, addressing implementation experience and interoperability feedback from the specifications, maximizing compatibility with existing policy assertions (as defined in the Scope section), and considering composition with other components in the Web services architecture.

Web Services Policy defines a flexible policy data model and an extensible grammar for expressing the capabilities, requirements and general characteristics of a Web service, and defines mechanisms for associating policies with Web service constructs. Web Services Policy is used to convey the conditions for an interaction between a Web service requester and a Web service provider.

Existing policy assertions are broadly deployed, and many more are under development. Web Services Policy enables Web services to recognize and act on the conditions for an interaction, and is required by other standardization efforts. To meet these critical needs, Web Services Policy should be provided in a timely fashion. Therefore, this Working Group shall be schedule-driven and Web Services Policy shall remain compatible with and to the extent possible accommodate the use of these existing policy assertions. This charter features an aggressive schedule and a tightly constrained scope designed to ensure that the Web Services Policy Working Group will meet its schedule. This charter is intended to carry Web Services Policy consensus and interoperability forward, as outlined in Tips for Getting to Recommendation Faster.

End date 31 December 2007
Confidentiality Proceedings are public  
Initial Chairs Paul Cotton (Microsoft), Chris Ferris (IBM)
Initial Team Contacts
(FTE %: 35) Felix Sasaki, Philippe Le Hégaret
Usual Meeting Schedule See Meetings

List of deliverables and their milestones  Note: The group will document significant changes from this initial schedule on the group home page. The Advisory Committee MUST be notified of any significant schedule changes.
Specification FPWD LC CR PR Rec
Web Services Policy 1.5 - Framework July 2006 November 2006 March 2007 July 2007 August 2007
Web Services Policy 1.5 - Attachment July 2006 November 2006 March 2007 July 2007 August 2007