Yes, absolutely. I agree completely with this and perhaps that is part of my confusion since I haven't understood what was being debated. I have in fact written about services in exactly this way in my book.
Eric --- Jan Algermissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 12, 2006, at 11:42 PM, Jan Algermissen wrote: > > > > > On Mar 12, 2006, at 5:39 PM, Eric Newcomer wrote: > > > >> Are you > >> implying that an SOA doesn't have to be realized > in > >> software? > > > > I think Todd is argueing > > Sorry, that should have read: "JP and Todd". > > > > that service orientation can be beneficially > > applied at the business level by managing/modeling > interactions > > between intra-organisational parties in terms of > services they > > provide to each other (resulting in a contracts > and responsibilities > > view). > > > > The software services that are implemented to meet > the contractural > > responsibilities then merely *derive* from that > higher level approach. > > > > I find that idea rather attractive, as it enables > a view on business > > 'subsystems' interaction that groups communication > into various > > functionally related 'channels' (into various > services).[1] > > > > Hope that replays Todd's point close enough. > > > > [1] An example of that might be defining a > 'helpdesk' as the single > > point of communication between IT service provider > and customer in > > the IT Service management world. Such a helpdesk > will of course > > usually be a piece of software but it might well > be just a single > > support phone number (no SOA technology there). > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > __ > > _______________ > > Jan Algermissen, Consultant & Programmer > > http://jalgermissen.com > > Tugboat Consulting, 'Applying Web technology to > enterprise IT' > > http://www.tugboat.de > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > _______________ > Jan Algermissen, Consultant & Programmer > > http://jalgermissen.com > Tugboat Consulting, 'Applying Web technology to > enterprise IT' > http://www.tugboat.de > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
