These specifications are in varying degrees of maturity and are maintained or supported by various standards bodies and entities.
These specifications are the basic web services framework established by first-generation standards represented by WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI.
Web service specifications are occasionally referred to collectively as "WS-*", though there is not a single managed set of specifications that this consistently refers to, nor a recognized owning body across them all.
These sites contain documents and links about the different Web services standards identified on this page.
These specifications provide additional information to improve interoperability between vendor implementations.