The document discusses data services and service-oriented architectures. It provides an overview of XAware, a technology that offers a real-time data integration environment and composite data services. It describes how XAware can be used to develop data services for rich internet applications and service-oriented architectures by rationalizing data from multiple sources and abstracting away physical implementations. The document also outlines XAware's components, metadata model, deployment options and provides an example demonstration of an auto insurance policy service.