RIA and mashups will become more intimately connected with SOA if/when REST becomes a predominant approach for building services.
Anne On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Todd Biske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Given that RIA is primarily concerned about the presentation layer, > and that an IT view of services is largely about the business layer, > there's certainly a relationship between the two, just as there would > be with any presentation layer technology. Beyond that, I don't see > strong ties that would lead someone to say that the two are joined at > the hip. > > If anything, the one similarity that may exist is that at present, > we're just as poor at trying to figure out what user interface > elements to mash together as we are at identifying what services need > to be the heart of an enterprise portfolio. Portals once promised > this highly integrated presentation tier, and while there are > certainly small successes, one could argue that it was never leveraged > to quite the extent that it was hyped. The hype around RIA talks > about all of these mashups, but again, if there's not a business need > to mash things together, it will be a solution looking for a problem. > Beyond the mashup capabilities, there is certainly value in the > underlying rich interface technologies to give a more interactive > experience, but that is purely about the presentation tier. Using > those technologies will certainly require more XML over HTTP, but > again, much of its use may be focused on redesigning existing systems > to support it, rather than enabling areas that hadn't been touched > before. > > While this message may not indicate it, I'm very much an optimist. > The problem I see is that we simply lack the contextual data required > to make good decisions on how to leverage these techniques to their > fullest potential, from both a producer side and a consumer side. A > company that does have the right strategic view may be so far out > ahead of demand that consumers of that business simply go "ho-hum". > > -tb > > > On Mar 24, 2008, at 12:00 PM, Gervas Douglas wrote: > > > Just how relevant do you think RIA is to SOA and vice versa? > > > > Gervas > >
