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Primer on SOA Terms

White Paper
This white paper presents basic terminology related to Service- Oriented Architecture (SOA). The goal of the paper is to establish a baseline of terms for service-oriented systems.
Publisher

Software Engineering Institute

Abstract

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is currently the best option available for systems integration and the leveraging of legacy systems. Technologies to implement service-oriented systems will certainly evolve to address emerging needs, but the concepts will remain. It is important to have a common SOA terminology. This white paper presents basic terminology related to SOA.