One of the most challenging aspects of writing about or discussing technology is using industry terminology. Many IT terms suffer from wide-spread ambiguity, which sometimes makes having even the simplest conversation difficult. Take IT professionals from different organizations, put them in the same room, and you'll
very likely hear questions like, "What exactly do you mean by component?" or "What is your definition of service?" or, my personal favorite, "What kind of SOA are you referring to?"
Fortunately, the primary subject matter of this book is very clear. We describe a distinct approach to designing solution logic. To ensure that the descriptions of associated topics are easily understood, a communications framework needs to be established, comprised of a collection of terms with very explicit definitions. That is what this chapter of "SOA: Principles of Service Design" is dedicated to providing.
Use the following table of contents to navigate to chapter excerpts.
| ABOUT THE BOOK: |
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| SOA: Principles of Service Design is dedicated to service engineering and establishing service-orientation as a design paradigm. This hands-on manual for service design establishes concrete links between specific service-orientation design principles and the strategic goals and benefits associated with SOA. Purchase the book from Amazon.com. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR: |
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| Thomas Erl is the world's top-selling SOA author, Series Editor of the "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series and editor of The SOA Magazine. His books have become international bestsellers and have been formally endorsed by senior members of major software organizations such as IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. He is the founder of SOA Systems Inc., a company specializing in SOA training, certification and strategic consulting services with a vendor-agnostic focus. |
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