<s>
Etch	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
framework	O
for	O
building	O
network	O
services	O
,	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2008	O
by	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Etch	B-Protocol
encompasses	O
a	O
service	O
description	O
language	O
,	O
a	O
compiler	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
language	O
bindings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
supplement	O
SOAP	B-Application
and	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
as	O
methods	O
of	O
communicating	O
between	O
networked	O
pieces	O
of	O
software	O
,	O
especially	O
where	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
portability	O
,	O
transport	O
independence	O
,	O
small	O
size	O
,	O
and	O
high	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Etch	B-Protocol
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
incorporated	O
into	O
existing	O
applications	O
and	O
systems	O
,	O
enabling	O
a	O
transition	O
to	O
a	O
service-oriented	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mid-2008	O
release	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
supported	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
C#	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
wave	O
of	O
support	O
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
include	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
and	O
C	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
Etch	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	O
2.0	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
process	O
,	O
Etch	B-Protocol
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Incubator	I-Application
to	O
be	O
accepted	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
podling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2008	O
Etch	B-Protocol
entered	O
the	O
start-up	O
phase	O
within	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Incubator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
Etch	B-Protocol
has	O
become	O
an	O
Apache	O
top-level	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Etch	B-Protocol
was	O
marked	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
retired	O
"	O
project	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
