ESB as a Resource may be a different angle. We are discussing the position of ESB with regard consumer-provider of the Service relationship.
I have to repeat - I would agree with the statement "A consumer interacting with the ESB (knowingly or not) is effectively interacting with the service." - only if ESB is represented in the Service Description. Otherwise, it actes as 'send and forget' which is NOT consumer-provider of the Service relationship according to SOA RA (and RM). - Michael ----- Original Message ---- From: htshozawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:53:37 PM Subject: [service-orientated-architecture] ESB/Intermediary in SOA (was Data services (was Re: Definition of SOA)) I'll like to use "resource" instead of a service here. ESB offers an interface to a resource which may be a business service, a data service, etc. H.Ozawa --- In service-orientated- architecture@ yahoogroups. com, "Rob Eamon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My POV is that the ESB should do exactly that. It is one (of possibly > many) interfaces to the service. A consumer interacting with the ESB > (knowingly or not) is effectively interacting with the service. > > -Rob >
