Hi,
Web Services and Enterprise Services
Enterprise services allow you to leverage SAP solutions to include a wide range of composite
applications provided by customers and partners to build new, flexible, and innovative
solutions. In a nutshell, enterprise services are highly-integrated Web services combined with
business logic and semantics that can be accessed and used repeatedly to support a
particular business process. SAP publishes all enterprise services that support SAP Business
Suite functionality at the Enterprise Services Workplace in the SAP Developer Network
(SDN).
The following characteristics differentiate enterprise services from regular web services:
Business semantics: Enterprise services are structured according to a harmonized
enterprise model based on business objects, process components, and global data types
(GDTs). They are defined using an outside-in approach: common business rules and
know-how, rather than SAP-specific implementations, are the guideline for defining the
business content of SAP applications.
Quality and stability: Enterprise services safeguard a stable interface for future versions
(backward compatibility). Their behavior, prerequisites, dependencies of usage and
configuration possibilities are well documented.
Standards: Enterprise services are based on open standards. The interfaces are
described according to WSDL. They are created by using global data types which are
based on UN/CEFACT CCTS (Core Component Technical Specification). B2B enterprise
services are defined in compliance with e-business standards, where applicable.
There are different application areas for enterprise services, for example application-toapplication
(A2A) and business-to-business (B2B) integration or user interfaces.
Regards,
Sreeni
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