Integrating Business Processes

• Client and Service are often front ends for existing apps/systems
  • Any application/component can be exposed as a Web Service
• Any granularity:
  • Fine — Not a good idea
  • Course — Best value
• Allows clean integration across:
  • departments, agencies, companies, etc.
• Loose coupling
  • Client and Service can use different platforms and programming languages
  • Only need to agree on interface
• One Web Service can make use of others . . .