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The article discusses the importance of data services in designing, building and maintaining service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications. The reasons for the popularity of SOA applications include the ability to repurpose software assets and the creation of new applications and services by comp...

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Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 92 - 95
Main Author: Carey, Michael J.
Format: Article
Published: IEEE Mar2008
Subjects:
Computer systems
Computer architecture
Information technology
Computer software development
Software engineering
Distributed computing
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses the importance of data services in designing, building and maintaining service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications. The reasons for the popularity of SOA applications include the ability to repurpose software assets and the creation of new applications and services by composing and recomposing existing services. The article also offers information on several SOA standards, such as the Service Component Architecture (SCA), which is being developed by the Open SOA Collaboration.