Why is ES Repository delivered as part of both PI and CE?
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration provides the capabilities to service-enable back-end applications (both SAP and non-SAP) and the service bus capabilities at runtime. SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment provides the tools to compose these services to create agile and flexible applications. The Enterprise Services Repository is the heart of the SOA landscape and brings together both the service-enabling and service consumption capabilities. With SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, ES Repository provides key capabilities with respect to Service Provisioning, Design Time Governance and modeling Process Integration artifacts. In addition, ES Repository plays a key role in realizing the classical A2A and B2B integration scenarios. With SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment, ES Repository provides the twin capabilities essential for building composite applications – firstly, support to contextualize and better understand the rich metadata of Enterprise Services thus supporting gap analysis