RE: [soa-rm] Random Thought: Capability-Oriented Architecture (COA)

["Jones, Steve G" <steve.g.jones@capgemini.com>]

From reading the SOA-RM doc it appears that Services leverage capabilities
(which could actually be other Services). So COA would be a bounded subset
inside SOA rather than a superset.  This level is where I've been putting
most component architectures recently, so components provide capability
which services combine to deliver business utility.

I have to say though I've certainly seen software that provided more in the
way of INcapability than capability, which could be a gap in the spec :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter F Brown [mailto:peter@justbrown.net]
> Sent: 09 January 2006 15:24
> To: 'Chiusano Joseph'
> Cc: soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [soa-rm] Random Thought: Capability-Oriented Architecture
> (COA)
>
> Joe:
>
> I'm not sure I understand why or how this would add anything: SOA is about
> *leveraging* capabilities in a particular way; what is the difference
> between COA and software architecture generally? Surely (hopefully) all
> software is about providing a capability. If it isn't oriented to that
> goal,
> heaven only knows what it is doing...!
>
> Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
> Sent: 09 January 2006 14:42
> To: soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [soa-rm] Random Thought: Capability-Oriented Architecture (COA)
>
> In reviewing our latest draft, a thought occurred to me - so I thought I'd
> send it to the list, not with the intention of starting a thread, but just
> to put it out there in general:
>
> Given our emphasis on capabilities, I wonder if there could be merit to
> the
> notion of a Capability-Oriented Architecture (COA), that encompasses
> services and more. A capability could be comprised of one or more
> services.
>
> This could be a term that implies thinking even broader than services when
> architecting solutions.
>
> Joe
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