On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2008/12/21 Nick Gall <[email protected]>: > > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Define integration in a tight and specific way. > > > > Hey, I asked first! <grin> You define SOA in a "tight and specific way" > > first. > > OASIS SOA RM ;)
Hey, the OASIS SOA RM is 31 pages long. That hardly counts as "tight". I suspect you mean the definition given in the glossary of the RM on page 29: Service Oriented Architecture is a paradigm for organizing and utilizing distributed capabilities that may be under the control of different ownership domains. It provides a uniform means to offer, discover, interact with and use capabilities to produce desired effects consistent with measurable preconditions and expectations. We already went through a discussion of how "specific" this definition is<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/msearch?query=%22+economy+is+a+paradigm+for+organizing%22&submit=Search&charset=ISO-8859-1> . No need to repeat it. Let's just agree to disagree as to whether the OASIS SOA RM definition of SOA is specific. But I will say that it sounds about as specific as "to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite". -- Nick
