Web services are self-contained, modular applications that can be described, published, located, and invoked over a network. They implement Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), which supports the connecting or sharing of resources and data in a flexible and standardized manner. Services are described and organized to support their dynamic, automated discovery and reuse.
This XML-based language is used to create a description of an underlying application. It is this description that turns an application into a Web service, by acting as the interface between the underlying application and other Web-enabled applications.
The following Web services are provided by Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server: