[¤1] Taxonomy - Network Services   

[¤2] Network Services

[¤3] Network services are provided to support distributed applications requiring data access and applications interoperability in heterogeneous or homogeneous networked environments.

[¤4] A network service consists of both an interface and an underlying protocol.

[¤13] The following functional areas are currently supported mainly by application software, but are progressing towards migration into the Application Platform:


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