16. A method executed by a processor for encoding conformance requirements in an executable form for use in assessing compliance for web services, method comprising: generating a conformance profile, said conformance profile comprising a description section and at least one rule category, wherein there is at least one rule in said at least one rule category, and wherein said rule has descriptive meta data, functional code fragments including a query and a match script, and a designation of a level of severity for non-conformance of said rule; asserting said conformance profile against a set of artifacts by executing said query for each of said set of artifacts to identify a portion of an artifact to be processed by said match script and invoking said match script to determine whether said artifact includes at least one of efficiency problems and fatal errors; and if said artifact causes said at least one of efficiency problems and fatal errors, generating a results report that includes at least one result message containing (1) a result pointer that links to a location of a cause of said at least one of efficiency problems and fatal errors in said artifact and (2) a result meta data that includes (i) a text description of said at least one of efficiency problems and fatal errors, (ii) date and time of a run resulting in said at least one of efficiency problems and fatal errors, and (iii) input provided for said run.
16. A method executed by a processor for encoding conformance requirements in an executable form for use in assessing compliance for web services, method comprising: generating a conformance profile, said conformance profile comprising a description section and at least one rule category, wherein there is at least one rule in said at least one rule category, and wherein said rule has descriptive meta data, functional code fragments including a query and a match script, and a designation of a level of severity for non-conformance of said rule; asserting said conformance profile against a set of artifacts by executing said query for each of said set of artifacts to identify a portion of an artifact to be processed by said match script and invoking said match script to determine whether said artifact includes at least one of efficiency problems and fatal errors; and if said artifact causes said at least one of efficiency problems and fatal errors, generating a results report that includes at least one result message containing (1) a result pointer that links to a location of a cause of said at least one of efficiency problems and fatal errors in said artifact and (2) a result meta data that includes (i) a text description of said at least one of efficiency problems and fatal errors, (ii) date and time of a run resulting in said at least one of efficiency problems and fatal errors, and (iii) input provided for said run. 17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising providing a really simple syndication (RSS) feed of said conformance profile.