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Interoperability
Transport-level interoperability is
assumed
At organizational level
n
Guarantee messages from A to B can be
executed by B (semantic level)
n
Information must have common meaning
across services
WS provides the objects, not the ORB. We don’t have an underlying semantic that allows for the components to interact.
Example: if we have a non-repudiation service, everyone who uses it must have the same definition of “purchase”. 30-days vs. immediate.