Re: [ebsoa] Process-Oriented Architectures (POA)

[Duane Nickull <dnickull@adobe.com>]

The way I understood it is that the term "Process Oriented Architecture" 
refers to the business or other end users point of view whereas SOA is 
really a FSV term.  This aligns with the UMM and other higher level MDA 
approaches.

The ebXML TA and UN/CEFACT eBusiness Architecture both support 
processes.  The ability to support processes requires additional 
functionality in the transport layer where the rules of the process 
should be enforced.

Another term that has recently gathered momentum is "event driven 
architecture".   All SOA's are event driven by nature.  We may still 
have to explain this.

Duane Nickull

Chiusano Joseph wrote:

>David RR Webber wrote:
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>>Joe,
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>>I humbly submit this is a redherring.
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>>Service Oriented IMHO already implies Process by extension  - since
>>behind the delivery of any service there must be a process
>>controlling and facilitating it.   Tha'ts why BPSS and BPEL are part
>>of the SOA stack.
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>Thanks David - but according to whom are they part of the SOA stack?
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>Joe
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>>We need another acronym like a hole in the head - let's leave that
>>stuff to the professionals at Gartner to dream up, eh?  ; -)
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>>Cheers, DW.
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>
>>To: "ebSOA" <ebsoa@lists.oasis-open.org>
>>Cc: "Monica J. Martin" <monica.martin@sun.com>
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:30 AM
>>Subject: [ebsoa] Process-Oriented Architectures (POA)
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>>>I know that our concentration is to be service-oriented architectures,
>>>but at the same time I'm thinking about what will lie beyond (so that we
>>>can best prepare). A term popped into my head on the way home yesterday
>>>(the DC Beltway apparatentely inspires me): Process-Oriented
>>>Architecture, or "POA".
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>>>Has anyone heard this term used before? I Google'd it and found few
>>>hits, all of which seemed to be individual (rather than corporate)
>>>references.
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>>>As you can tell from the term, just as SOAs enable (involve, pick your
>>>favorite word here) the use of shared services, POAs will extend SOAs to
>>>enable the use of shared Web Services-based processes that are based on
>>>shared Web Services that are defined within SOAs, working in concert
>>>with each other. So for a US federal application (my primary client),
>>>this could mean a set of shared Web Services-based business processes
>>>for federal agencies, in a flexible, agile, process environment.
>>>
>>>Does this concept resound with anyone?
>>>--
>>>Kind Regards,
>>>Joseph Chiusano
>>>Associate
>>>Booz | Allen | Hamilton
>>>
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