Date: Jul. 9, 2001
Link: http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/
Source Author or Organization: W3C

The goal of the XML Protocol Activity is to develop technologies which allow two or more peers to communicate in a distributed environment, using XML as its encapsulation language.

The initial focus of the XML Protocol Working Group is to develop a framework for XML-based messaging systems, which includes specifying a message envelope format and a method for data serialization, directed mainly, but not exclusively, to RPC applications.