Service-Oriented Architecture Information Center
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Software Engineering Institute
Abstract
Welcome to our service-oriented architecture (SOA) information center. Use this information center as a guide to tools, services, courses, and areas of work that can help you develop insight into how best to approach SOA environments.
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A Research Agenda for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Maintenance and Evolution of Service-Oriented Systems
• Technical Note
By Grace Lewis, Dennis B. Smith, Kostas Kontogiannis
This 2010 report describes the agenda of an SEI-led group that was formed to explore the business, engineering, and operations aspects of service-oriented architecture.
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A Scenario-Based Technique for Developing SOA Technical Governance
• Technical Note
By Soumya Simanta, Edwin J. Morris, Grace Lewis, Sriram Balasubramaniam, Dennis B. Smith
Organizations can make the available SOA governance frameworks more effective in their organizations using the scenario-based tailoring technique introduced in this technical note.
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Common Misconceptions About Service-Oriented Architecture
• White Paper
By Grace Lewis, Edwin J. Morris, Soumya Simanta, Dennis B. Smith, Lutz Wrage
This 2007 article from Crosstalk magazine suggests ways to more effectively address critical SOA issues that potential users, developers, and acquisition officers may have.
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Evaluating a Service-Oriented Architecture
• Technical Report
By Philip Bianco, Rick Kotermanski, Paulo Merson
This report contains technical information about SOA design considerations and tradeoffs that can help the architecture evaluator to identify and mitigate risks in a timely and effective manner.
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Evaluating a Service-Oriented Architecture
• Presentation
By Paulo Merson, Philip Bianco
Presented: May 2007
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Evaluating Service-Oriented Architectures
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By Rick Kotermanski, Paulo Merson
This report contains technical information about SOA design considerations and tradeoffs that can help the architecture evaluator to identify and mitigate risks in a timely and effective manner.
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Four Pillars of Service-Oriented Architecture
• White Paper
By Grace Lewis, Dennis B. Smith
This 2007 SEI whitepaper by Grace Lewis and Dennis B. Smith outlines four pillars to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) success.
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Model Problems in Technologies for Interoperability: Model-Driven Architecture
• Technical Note
By Grace Lewis, Lutz Wrage
This 2005 report looks at Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) as one of many technologies for accomplishing interoperability.
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Model Problems in Technologies for Interoperability: Web Services
• Technical Note
By Grace Lewis, Lutz Wrage
This 2006 report presents the results of applying the model problem approach in an initial investigation of the potential of Web services to enable interoperability.
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Primer on SOA Terms
• White Paper
By Grace Lewis
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.
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