If there is agreement (hah!) that Gartner is correctly credited with creating the SOA term, then "SOA is a *software architecture* that starts with an interface definition and builds the entire application topology as a topology of interfaces, interface implementations and interface calls." http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=114358
If one accepts that definition, does it logically follow that RESTful designs follow these SOA principles? -Rob --- In [email protected], "Anne Thomas Manes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > +1 > > SOA and REST are both architectural styles, but they operate at > different levels of the architecture. SOA is an enterprise > architectural style; REST is a software architectural style. I wrote > about this in my blog back in June: > http://apsblog.burtongroup.com/2007/06/soa_and_rest_op.html > > Anne >
