Services in SICF and in SE80

Hi friends,
Can anybody tell me the difference between services created in SICF and the services in SE80.From where i have to execute the services?
  I have created a screen-based service in se80 and published the service.
     In SICF i have created the sub-element for the same service created in se80.I have done all the settings.and activated the service and tested that service here itself.
    But my doubt is once the service is activated in SICF , from where this service should be excuted? ie., either from SICF or from SE80?
Am confusing at this step.please help me out.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
sireesha

mmm you are a bit confused....let me see if I can help shed some light....
In SE80, you will customize/develop/test your ITS service. Also, from SE80, you can publish it out (yes, even if you use integrated/internal ITS, you still "publish").
SICF, however, is the "framework"/enabler for the internal/integrated ITS. SICF simply allows you to admin your services....such as adding properties about them, activate/deactivate/etc. One big reason for using SICF is that you HAVE to define your service parameters (called "settings" there). Theses are much like the same service parameters your set for your top level service file in SE80, however, integrated ITS ignores those service params  (as well as the global service file).Therefore, you have to (re)define them in SICF. Confusing, I know. But it has a plus side in that you can define some services in one place and not in the other so that the service can behave differently if accessed via external ITS vs. integrated ITS.
As far as testing, you are very right....you can execute/test your service from either location.
For me, I tend to set up my service in SICF, but do all my work and testing in SE80 (just more used to it). But it is up to you.
Hope this helps!

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