Business services

A business service represents a business function whose behavior can be adapted at run time. A business service is based on the operating context of the request and the policies established to meet the service consumers need.

Business services are defined by three primary elements.

Characteristics of business services

Business services use business policies and business metadata to enable flexible and adaptable behavior. Business services use reference industry models to simplify interoperability across various internal and external systems. Business services have the following characteristics:

Benefits of business services

Business services are the building blocks that align business intent with IT execution. They help deliver the value of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Business services have the following benefits:

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