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If no-one can agree what a term means, just stop using it. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:len.bullard@i...] > Sent: 10 January 2006 15:04 > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: Will The Real SOA Please Sit Down? > > Given the following definitions, > > o Which is more wrong than the others. > > o Which is the least useful? > > "SOA is an architectural paradigm whose goal is to achieve > loose coupling > among interacting > software applications. Applications invoke a series of > discrete services in > order to perform > a certain task. A service is a unit of work done by a service > provider to > achieve desired > end results for a service consumer." Amir Shevat > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8951 > > (Service-Oriented Architecture) Formerly called a > "distributed objects" > architecture, the > SOA term was coined at the turn of the century as Web services were > evolving. CORBA and DCOM > are examples of earlier SOAs. See CORBA, DCOM and Web > services. - Computer > Desktop Encyclopedia via Answers.com > > "The SOA abstracts and exposes business functions as services > that connect > multiple business > applications in homogeneous or heterogeneous environments." > Oracle magazine > > len > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > >
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