Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts Technology, And Design

DESCRIPTION

The first start-to-finish, step-by-step guide to modeling and designing SOA

Using Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), enterprises can deliver high-value business services more rapidly and effectively, and gain unprecedented flexibility and value from existing IT infrastructure. SOA has earned the support of virtually every major software provider, and some 75% of enterprises surveyed are now investing in SOA technology and expertise.

In Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design, the author of 2004's best-selling SOA book presents the first end-to-end-tutorial for modeling and designing successful service-oriented architectures from the ground up. Writing in plain English, Thomas Erl provides step-by-step process descriptions for analyzing and designing any service or service-oriented business process definition.

Drawing on his unsurpassed experience as an SOA architect, Erl uses more than 125 case studies and 300 easy-to-understand diagrams to illuminate every facet of the SOA platform: goals, concepts, technologies, standards, and design best practices. In addition, you'll learn about about the differences in SOA support between the two most popular implementation frameworks: J2EE and .NET. his book's broad coverage encompasses WSDL, SOAP, XML Schema, WS-BPEL, WS-Addressing, WS-MetadataExchange, WS-Security, WS-Policy, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Coordination, WS-BusinessActivity, WS-AtomicTransaction, and much more.

Mastering the core principles and techniques of service orientation

Understanding how SOA resembles previous architectures, and where it differs radically

Organizing SOA into coherent,standardized sublayers

Performing business-focused SOA planning, analysis, and service modeling

Service-Oriented Business Process Design: representing business logic and orchestrating services

Designing widely diverse types of SOA-based services

Utilizing the SOA support in J2EE and .NET

Optimizing results and avoiding pitfalls: best practices from early SOA deployments

Whether you're an architect, engineer, developer, or manager, this book is your complete SOA blueprint: all you need to maximize SOA's value in your unique environment.


The author of Service-Oriented Architecture: Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services (Prentice Hall PTR, 2004) elucidates what has been termed a hot, but often misunderstood topic in information technology. Introducing SOA as an alternative to traditional distributed computing models, the founder of a firm providing SOA consulting services introduces principles, diagrams, case studies, and instructions toward designing a SOA platform. A service models overview is appended. Supporting Web sites are available.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface.

1. Introduction.

2. Case Studies.

I. SOA AND WEB SERVICES FUNDAMENTALS.

3. Introducing SOA.

4. The Evolution of SOA.

5. Web Services and Primitive SOA.

II. SOA AND WS-* EXTENSIONS.

6. Web Services and Contemporary SOA (I: Activity Management and Composition).

7. Web Services and Contemporary SOA (II: Advanced Messaging, Metadata, and Security).

III. SOA AND SERVICE-ORIENTATION.

8. Principles of Service-Orientation.

9. Service Layers.

IV. BUILDING SOA (PLANNING AND ANALYSIS).

10. SOA Delivery Strategies.

11. Service-Oriented Analysis (I: Introduction).

12. Service-Oriented Analysis (II: Service Modeling).

V. BUILDING SOA (TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN).

13. Service-Oriented Design (I: Introduction).

14. Service-Oriented Design (II: SOA Composition Guidelines).

15. Service-Oriented Design (III: Service Design).

16. Service-Oriented Design (IV: Business Process Design).

17. Fundamental WS-* Extensions.

18. SOA Platforms.

Appendix A: Case Studies: Conclusion.

Appendix B: Service Models Reference.

About the Author.

About SOA Systems.

About the Photographs.

Index.