Relationship between NetWeaver PI and Composite Application Framework

I am new to PI and CAF and don't understand the relationship between these technologies. They both seem to allow users to identify and integrate application services.
Are they complementary? Is PI required for using CAF, or only in some instances? Is PI only needed if the application services are coming from both SAP and Non-SAP environments?
It would be appreciated if someone could shed some light on this for a generally non-technical person. I keep reading the PI and CAF product literature and can't clearly see the relationship.
thank you.
Jonathan

Hi
Please go thru the below discussion,
PI 7.1 advantages related to ESOA ? (check pushkars comment)
about the installation...
Re: CAF on PI7.1 stack.
Regards
Ramg

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Hi Henry,
This content i got from experts:
The code developed on 2004 will work on 2004s.
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