This chapter provides an overview of Web services and guidance for implementing Oracle's Siebel Web services. It contains the following topics:

• How Siebel Applications Are Web Service Deployed
• About Siebel Web Services
• Core Technologies for Web Services
• Web Services Deployment Cycle
• Siebel Web Service Documentation
• Support for Siebel Web Services
• Siebel Web Services Architecture
• Process of Exposing a Siebel Web Service
• About Siebel Web Service Modeling
• Using the Web Services Deployment Wizard
• About Siebel Web Service Authentication and Performance
• Invoking Web Services from the Siebel Mobile Client