Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Concepts, Technology, and Design

ISBN: 0131858580
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 150

Authors: Thomas Erl

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Introduction

• Why this book is important
• Objectives of this book
• Who this book is for
• What this book does not cover
• How this book is organized
• Additional information

Case Studies

• Case Studies
• How case studies are used
• Case #1 background: RailCo Ltd.
• Case #2 background: Transit Line Systems Inc.

Part I: SOA and Web Services Fundamentals

• Part I: SOA and Web Services Fundamentals

Introducing SOA

• Introducing SOA
• Fundamental SOA
• Common characteristics of contemporary SOA
• Common misperceptions about SOA
• Common tangible benefits of SOA
• Common pitfalls of adopting SOA

The Evolution of SOA

• The Evolution of SOA
• An SOA timeline (from XML to Web services to SOA)
• The continuing evolution of SOA (standards organizations and contributing vendors)
• The roots of SOA (comparing SOA to past architectures)

Web Services and Primitive SOA

• Web Services and Primitive SOA
• The Web services framework
• Services (as Web services)
• Service descriptions (with WSDL)
• Messaging (with SOAP)

Part II: SOA and WS-* Extensions

• Part II: SOA and WS-* Extensions

Web Services and Contemporary SOA (Part I: Activity Management and Composition)

• Web Services and Contemporary SOA (Part I: Activity Management and Composition)
• Message exchange patterns
• Service activity
• Coordination
• Atomic transactions
• Business activities
• Orchestration
• Choreography

Web Services and Contemporary SOA (Part II: Advanced Messaging, Metadata, and Security)

• Web Services and Contemporary SOA (Part II: Advanced Messaging, Metadata, and Security)
• Addressing
• Reliable messaging
• Correlation
• Policies
• Metadata exchange
• Security
• Notification and eventing

Part III: SOA and Service-Orientation

• Part III: SOA and Service-Orientation

Principles of Service-Orientation

• Principles of Service-Orientation
• Service-orientation and the enterprise
• Anatomy of a service-oriented architecture
• Common principles of service-orientation
• How service-orientation principles inter-relate
• Service-orientation and object-orientation (Part II)
• Native Web service support for service-orientation principles

Service Layers

• Service Layers
• Service-orientation and contemporary SOA
• Service layer abstraction
• Application service layer
• Business service layer
• Orchestration service layer
• Agnostic services
• Service layer configuration scenarios

Part IV: Building SOA (Planning and Analysis)

• Part IV: Building SOA (Planning and Analysis)

SOA Delivery Strategies

• SOA Delivery Strategies
• SOA delivery lifecycle phases
• The top-down strategy
• The bottom-up strategy
• The agile strategy

Service-Oriented Analysis (Part I: Introduction)

• Service-Oriented Analysis (Part I: Introduction)
• Service-oriented architecture vs. Service-oriented environment
• Introduction to service-oriented analysis
• Benefits of a business-centric SOA
• Deriving business services

Service-Oriented Analysis (Part II: Service Modeling)

• Service-Oriented Analysis (Part II: Service Modeling)
• Service modeling (a step-by-step process)
• Service modeling guidelines
• Classifying service model logic
• Contrasting service modeling approaches (an example)

Part V: Building SOA (Technology and Design)

• Part V: Building SOA (Technology and Design)
• Appendix B. Service Models Reference

Service-Oriented Design (Part I: Introduction)

• Service-Oriented Design (Part I: Introduction)
• Introduction to service-oriented design
• WSDL-related XML Schema language basics
• WSDL language basics
• SOAP language basics
• Service interface design tools

Service-Oriented Design (Part II: SOA Composition Guidelines)

• Service-Oriented Design (Part II: SOA Composition Guidelines)
• Steps to composing SOA
• Considerations for choosing service layers
• Considerations for positioning core SOA standards
• Considerations for choosing SOA extensions

Service-Oriented Design (Part III: Service Design)

• Service-Oriented Design (Part III: Service Design)
• Service design overview
• Entity-centric business service design (a step-by-step process)
• Application service design (a step-by-step process)
• Task-centric business service design (a step-by-step process)
• Service design guidelines

Service-Oriented Design (Part IV: Business Process Design)

• Service-Oriented Design (Part IV: Business Process Design)
• WS-BPEL language basics
• WS-Coordination overview
• Service-oriented business process design (a step-by-step process)

Fundamental WS-* Extensions

• Fundamental WS-* Extensions
• You mustUnderstand this
• WS-Addressing language basics
• WS-ReliableMessaging language basics
• WS-Policy language basics
• WS-MetadataExchange language basics
• WS-Security language basics

SOA Platforms

• SOA Platforms
• SOA platform basics
• SOA support in J2EE
• SOA support in .NET
• Integration considerations

Appendix A. Case Studies: Conclusion

• A.1. RailCo Ltd.
• A.2. Transit Line Systems Inc.
• A.3. The Oasis Car Wash