With PI 7.1 is it possible to publish services to the Service Registry (SR) directly from the Enterprise Service (ES) Builder and Integration Directory. The publishing functionality will allow developers and Business Process Experts (BPXs) to publish the services interfaces to the SR or UDDI. The UDDI will then contain a global list of all the services, which is implemented or at some point will be implemented.

To show the different ways to define services, it is necessary to see how they can be published. Services can be provided the following ways.

SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (SAP NetWeaver CE) is the central platform for the development of service-based applications. It places the reutilization and combination of existing functions into new business applications (known as composite applications) at the center of the development process. SAP NetWeaver CE offers an integrated, consistent and model-driven approach and brings together the necessary runtime technologies and development tools from SAP.

Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today announced the immediate availability of the CentraSite Governance Edition as a comprehensive, standards-based solution for managing and governing the services, processes, policies and business rules associated with service-oriented architecture (SOA).