1. A method for cloning and instantiating a Web service from a calling process to a target host comprising the steps of: expanding an application archive to a Web application container in the target host, said archive comprising at least one operational file for implementing the Web service, an implementation document for the Web service, and a deployment descriptor for the Web service; generating a unique identifier for the Web service; first modifying said implementation document to reference the target host, the Web application in the target host, and said generated unique identifier in specifying the Web service; second modifying said deployment descriptor to reference said generated unique identifier in specifying the Web service; deploying the Web service in the target host using said deployment descriptor; and, forwarding a network address referencing the implementation document to the calling process.