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Artifacts of Web Services
Service: Where a Web Service is an interface described by a service
description, and its implementation is the service. A service is a software
module deployed on network-accessible platforms provided by the service
provider. It exists to be invoked by or to interact with a service requestor. It
can also function as a requestor, using other Web Services in its
implementation.
Service Description: The service description contains the details of the
interface and implementation of the service. This includes its data types,
operations, binding information, and network location. It could also include
categorization and other meta-data to facilitate discovery and utilization by ...