<s>
xApp	O
(	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
Composite	O
Application	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
collective	O
term	O
applied	O
to	O
software	O
products	O
built	O
following	O
the	O
SAP	B-Application
xApps	B-Application
convention	O
and	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
SAP	B-Application
NetWeaver	I-Application
application	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Including	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
software	O
products	O
from	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
,	O
solutions	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
partners	O
and	O
customer	O
made	O
composite	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
xApps	B-Application
are	O
commonly	O
targeted	O
at	O
specific	O
industries	O
or	O
are	O
geared	O
towards	O
vertical	O
applications	O
common	O
across	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
xApps	B-Application
typically	O
have	O
a	O
smaller	O
footprint	O
than	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
other	O
business	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
MySAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
xApp	O
is	O
the	O
general	O
term	O
for	O
applications	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
SAP	B-Application
ESOA	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
applications	O
using	O
SAP	B-Application
enterprise	O
SOA	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
offered	O
xApps	B-Application
targeted	O
at	O
Product	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
,	O
supply	O
chain	O
management	O
,	O
manufacturing	O
intelligence	O
and	O
other	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Example	O
xApps	B-Application
provided	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
xApps	B-Application
are	O
composite	O
applications	O
which	O
can	O
combine	O
Web	O
services	O
and	O
data	O
from	O
multiple	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
architecture	O
is	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
SAP	B-Application
Composite	I-Application
Application	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
within	O
the	O
SAP	B-Application
NetWeaver	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
