Hi Timothy,
I'll be glad to answer you offline since your question is off-topic to
SOA-RM.
Joe
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Dear Joe,
It is my understanding that FEA is
really a framework used to categorize the various types of services being
offered by the government, correct? Also, which departments, agencies,
organisations within the government are utilzing FEA? I know the EPA
uses it.
Thank you,
Timothy Vibbert MSCIS Senior Systems Engineer
IS&S/System
Integration 12A19 Building A e-mail:
timothy.vibbert@lmco.com
Work:
610.531.6233 Mobile: 609.969.1004
Thanks Sameer. I should clarify that the DRM is not officially the
basis for the FEA - it is one of the 5 FEA reference models. In fact, it is
the 5th one that was created. Having said that, many people consider the DRM
to be the foundation for the FEA, due to the role that data plays in
connecting all levels of the FEA through "line of sight". The primary link
between the DRM and SOA is through its "Data Sharing" standardization area,
one of the 3 standardization areas of the DRM.
Joe
Joseph Chiusano
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The DRM (Data
Reference Model) is the basis for the FEA (Federal Enterprise Architecture),
in which SOA plays a part. Here is a link to the DRM.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/DRM_2_0_Final.pdf
Thanks,
Sameer
Sharma
From:
Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
11:17 AM To:
soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: [soa-rm] SOA and the US
Federal Government: What's Going On
Here is some information on what
is going on within the US federal government as a whole in regards to
SOA:
The following recent article[1]
from US Federal Computer Week (FCW) refers to an initiative within the US
federal government (under the Federal CIO Council) called "Service Component
Based Architectures (SCBA)", which involves the integration of SOA into the
US Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA). It is an evolution of earlier
papers written on the subject of component-based architectures, and it
addresses how SOA can be implemented within the US federal government. Booz
Allen is supporting this initiative.
The SCBA specification is
envisioned to be highly comprehensive, with 9 chapters dealing with
various aspects such as governance, strategy, component-based development,
and more. The first chapter has been written and delivered to the US Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President, where it
is currently in review prior to public release. Though the subject of the
article is not SCBA, the fourth paragraph refers to SCBA and contains a link
to a presentation that was recently given at a federal forum. Slide 9 of the
presentation lists the currently planned chapters for the SCBA
specification.
Please let me know if you have
any questions on this - some I may have to answer in an offline e-mail
rather than a publicly archived e-mail, as I cannot "officially" speak
for the initiative.
[1] http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/38150-1.html
Joe
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