Requirements that have and are shaping webServices

• Suitability both for Distributed Operation within an apllication and the use of generic services across applications.
• Suitability for exchcanges within an organization and b/w organizations requiring cross platform support
• Concordance with existing internet infrastructure as much as possible
• Ability to scale
• Solid Internationalization
• Tolerance of Failure
• Strong support in general s/w development and Business Workflow management tools
• Suitability for the most trivial request/response scenarios as well as handling the most sophisticated orchestration, transaction and security concerns where necessary