--- In [email protected], "htshozawa" <htshoz...@...> wrote: > > There is a subtile difference. If we talk about integration, we > usually assume there are more than 2 servers/applications. On the > otherhand, when we talk about architecture, it is possible to start > with just one application with condition that we take other > servers/applications into account.
What level of architecture are you referring to? Why would integration primarily be the domain of "more than 2" components? Two components is all that is needed for integration. > IMHO, saying that SOA is about integration, actually limits SOA. I > prefer to say that SOA is about architecture which makes > integration easier when need of integration can be justified > (usually later in the project). :-) SOA is indeed about architecture first. SOA is about integration. But that's not all that it is about. -Rob
