Re: [soa-rm] Good Recent SOA Piece: "Managing an XML Data Model In Your SOA - Best Practices"

[Frank McCabe <frank.mccabe@us.fujitsu.com>]

+1
Frank

On May 6, 2005, at 8:45 AM, Ken Laskey wrote:

> The critical line in this article is
>
> This article does not discuss how to integrate data models.
>
> Its premise is the tried (and usually failed) that if we all get  
> into a room and be reasonable we can all find a common vocabulary  
> to map to.  I could go on about when that works and when that  
> doesn't (see my OASIS Symposium presentation for more) but if that  
> is the basis of SOA, then it will go no further than any other  
> integration paradigm.  The driving question is how do you create a  
> system (service?) to do semantic negotiation between diverse  
> vocabularies in a way that is (1) visible, (2) reusable, and (3)  
> allows you to use what you know (or can find) in ways that enables  
> you to do more with little or no effort.
>
> The SOA RM will not specify how this is done but it must also not  
> codify an interchange vocabulary paradigm that will not scale.
>
> End of rant:-)
>
> Ken
>
>
> On May 6, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Chiusano Joseph wrote:
>
>
>> Forwarding a good recent SOA piece[1] for those interested in  
>> reading it. Covers the notion of an integrated data model as a  
>> foundational concept; also presents a 6-layer approach to SOA  
>> (about mid-article).
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> [1] http://www.tdan.com/i032ht02.htm
>>
>>
>> Joseph Chiusano
>>
>> Booz Allen Hamilton
>>
>> Visit us online@ http://www.boozallen.com
>>
>>
>>
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