17. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein the converting step comprises the steps of: selecting a provider that corresponds to an associated report authoring tool by which a report is authored, and obtaining definitions of objects in the report through the selected provider; converting the definitions of objects in the report in to web service definitions using the selected provider; and generating an object model based on the web service definitions of the objects.
13. A method of managing report web services, the method comprising the steps of: receiving from a client application a request for a web service definition for a report as a web service; converting definitions of one or more objects in a report definition in a report store that corresponds to the requested report into web service definitions; generating an object model based on the web service definitions to reflect a structure of the objects of the report; generating a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) definition for the web service based on the object model; and transporting the WSDL definition to the client application.