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(It should be noted that the default behavior for Web Services is point-to-
point; but its real power is in breaking free of the point-to-point and enabling
true Service Oriented Architecture).
11.6.2 Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Sometimes the term SOA is misused; what it really refers to is the architecture
necessary to make Web Services possible. It takes a lot of planning and infra-
structure to set up Web Services, not the least of which is common semantics
across the enterprise. It is very important to reach a common understanding of
each service’s meaning and the data delivered by the service ...