[service-orientated-architecture] SOA Modelling,Framework/Platform, Language

[Gervas Douglas]

Well, Keith certainly stirred up a discussion about the relevance or otherwise of Object Orientation to SOA & BPM.  Musing on this I thought that perhaps SOA had reached a point of maturity where it would be useful to take a totally fresh look at some of the desired characteristics of software tools which would make them suitable for building a SOA. So, let us conduct a little exercise.  Imagine you have a budget that runs into millions of any major currency (ok, I will be generous - go for Pounds Sterling).   I would like you to imagine what would be the desirable features of a new set of modelling tools a new framework/platform a new language which would make these categories of tools ideal for building a SOA.  For the sake of simplicity, let us assume that the applications are boring old commercial ones, but with the proviso that one would be able to build exciting new commercial ones.  So don’t worry about the sort of real-time absolute constraints inherent in say, military and industrial process control environments.  If you work for a big company you can assume that you have the option of being a free thinker for the sake of the exercise – don’t worry about Larry, Steve, Jonathan, et al. breathing heavily over your shoulder. Here are a few rhetorical questions to kick off your creative thinking: Is UML a useful starting point?  Is it worth sticking to a classical n-tier hierarchical client/server model?  Would Ruby on Rails be a useful paradigm?  Is an ESB desirable/essential?  Is object-orientation desirable/essential?  Is mobile code a desideratum?  If so, how would it work in this case?  (Gregg, surprise us!) You should also think how our sparkling new SOA structure relates to BPM and Composite Apps requirements for the sake of this exercise. Your field of thinking is green, but naturally you must make provision for incorporating legacy code.  So think of a fresh green field which has to integrate with an adjoining business park. No, I don’t have a few million pounds to give you, but if you have a sound and convincing business case we can always look at ways to raise the dosh!   Gervas http://www.aisl-services.com   __._,_.___ SPONSORED LINKS Computer software program Computer software spy Computer job Database software Discount computer software Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___