Agreed, what it means is that Integration is _technology_ and about linking the consumer to the producer, therefore it has a place to play in an SO world, and that place is in a nice little box called the EC. Its why technology is secondary in an SO world.
Steve 2008/12/22 Michael Poulin <[email protected]>: > Sure, EC is where the service has to interoperate with the environment. > However, this still does not mean that SOA is integration. > - Michael > ________________________________ > From: Steve Jones <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 9:43:24 AM > Subject: Re: [service-orientated-architecture] Re: Yefim Natis is sure that > "SOA is integration" > > In the OASIS SOA RM the integration piece sits in the Execution Context. > > Steve > > 2008/12/22 Rob Eamon <rea...@cableone. net>: >> --- In service-orientated- architecture@ yahoogroups. com, Michael Poulin >> >> <m3pou...@.. .> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, we need definition for integration. >>> >>> To me, integration constitutes tying things together. >> >> +1. An SO architecture definition will describe a mechanism for doing >> exactly that in a consistent and robust way. The architecture defines >> how the components are tied together. >> >> -Rob >> >> > >
