1.3 Overview

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The Master Data Services web service and API provide two main functions:

  • Adoption of a service-oriented design architecture (SOA) that encapsulates and modularizes the internal workings of the product.

  • Creation of a standard API to interact and integrate with Master Data Services.

The Master Data Services framework ensures that the internal functions of the product are better modularized to support both an API and a modular component development.

In this document, the term "services" includes but is not necessarily limited to web services. "Services" means a modular architecture that is based on a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) implementation.