An Application Interface represents a point of access where application services are made available to a user, another application component, or a Node.

An Application Interface specifies how the functionality of a Component can be accessed by other elements. An Application Interface exposes Application Services to the environment.

An Application Interface may be part of an Application Component. An Application Interface can be assigned to Application Services, which means that the interface exposes these services to the environment.

The name of an Application Interface should preferably be a noun.

## Category:

Application. Active Structure.

## Examples:

Transaction data exchange, Web services