Connection of a standalone tariff calculator via local web service

The industry initiative Process Optimization (BiPRO) defines standards for data exchange and support of business processes (e. g. pricing) through various standards. In order to make applications fit for the future and to keep re-implementations to a minimum, the declared goal is to design interfaces as far as practicable in accordance with standards. Due to the development of a lightweight web service, which only carries out a mapping between the BiPRO interface and the proprietary old format, a complex new implementation of the tariff calculator – due to the technology change from command lines to web – can be dispensed with. At the same time, adherence to the BiPRO standard on the client side guarantees the future viability of the consuming application.