Short Take: WIDL submitted to W3C as standard

WebMethods has submitted the Web Interface Definition Language (WIDL) to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as a proposed standard. WIDL uses eXtensible Markup Language (XML) to enable direct access to Web data from within e-commerce or business applications. WebMethods said WIDL provides the basis for a common API (application programming interface) shared by Web servers, legacy systems, databases, and middleware.