- abstract WSDL — the WSDL declarations (i.e. types, messages, operations, and port types) that do not depend on the wire representation.
- deploy.xml — an XML deployment descriptor used to configure an ODE deployment unit
- deployment unit
- exported port — a service port exposing operations implemented by the service
- imported port — a service port representing a connection-point to another service
- message exchange — a communication between the ODE engine and a partner
- port — a connection-point between two services
- service — a protocol-neutral communicating object
- URI — a Uniform Resource Identifier, as defined by RFC2396
- URL — a Uniform Resource Locator, as described in RFC1738
