2. The report web service system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the web service interface receives from the client application a request for rendering a selected report as defined by a WSDL definition, and transports a report content of the selected report to the client application; the report service manager requests rendering of the selected report, receives rendered results, and generates a generalized model of the rendered results; the report web service system further comprises: a selector for selecting relevant objects from the generalized model based on information in the WSDL definition; and a representation formatter for formatting representation of the relevant objects and for providing a formatted objects to the web service interface to return to the client application as the requested report content of the selected report.
2. The report web service system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the web service interface receives from the client application a request for rendering a selected report as defined by a WSDL definition, and transports a report content of the selected report to the client application; the report service manager requests rendering of the selected report, receives rendered results, and generates a generalized model of the rendered results; the report web service system further comprises: a selector for selecting relevant objects from the generalized model based on information in the WSDL definition; and a representation formatter for formatting representation of the relevant objects and for providing a formatted objects to the web service interface to return to the client application as the requested report content of the selected report. 9. The report web service system as recited in claim 2 , wherein the report service manager comprises: a plurality of providers, each corresponding to an associated report server by which the selected report is renderable; a report rendering handler for requesting rendering of the selected report by the report server through the associated provider, and receiving rendered results including objects; a generalized model generator for generating a generalized model based on the objects of the rendered results.