I would offer that calling that SOI implies that it is still service-oriented when you're trying to make the point that it is not.
Using web services instead of say, proprietary adapters, doesn't make things SO, correct? I agree wholeheartedly that to be doing SOA one must be defining or modifying an architecture. Where we may disagree is at what level that architecture must be to be considered as following the SOA style. -Rob --- In [email protected], Anne Thomas Manes <atma...@...> wrote: > > Spot on, Todd. SOI is the practice of using service oriented > middleware (e.g., WS-*, ESB, etc) to do integration the same way > they would using distributed object middleware. I.e., they aren't > rearchitecting their integration approach, and they certainly aren't > optimizing their applications architecture to reduce complexity or > redundancy. > > Anne
