Description
This architecture was defined by the W3C Web Services Architecture group.
It is perhaps slightly more concrete than the reference model envisaged. However, it is useful for several reasons:
1. it addresses many of the requirements of Service Oriented Architecures, it attempts to define concepts such as services etc., together with relationships between them.
2. it serves as a model for how an architecture, including a reference model, might be organized. Of particular note are the overview, the concepts and relationships sections, the stakeholders sections.
