Appendix C. Setting up Web service requests

A participant can request a Web service provided by the Community Manager. Similarly, the Community Manager can request a Web service provided by a participant. The participant or Community Manager invokes the WebSphere Business Integration Connect server to obtain the Web service. WebSphere Business Integration Connect acts as a proxy, passing the Web service request to the Web service provider and returning the response synchronously from the provider to the requestor.

This appendix contains the following information for setting up a Web service for use by a participant or a Community Manager:

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