Day: October 15, 2007

Service Abstraction One aspect of service orientation that is connected directly to loose coupling and service contracts is abstraction. Through abstraction, we are able to control the parts of the underlying service logic that are to be exposed to the external world. Through ensuring that such parts have been designed in a generic fashion as a means of accommodating numerous potential service requestors, the service may be positioned as a reusable Information Technology asset. In this article, we will take a look at different levels of abstraction before moving on… Read More

Service Composability The principle of Service Oriented Architecture known as Service Composability can be broken up into two basic principles: Service Discoverability and Service Composition. When it comes to the realm of Service Design, a lot of attention is paid to the enabling of those characteristics that are so commonly associated with Service Oriented Architecture marketing – reuse and loose coupling. While these two aspects are undoubtedly vital, indeed critical to the attainment of long term Service Oriented Architecture transition projects, there is a lot more that should be taken… Read More