update of TC Overview

One item needed for the review request is a TC Description, “a short summary of current TC activities for inclusion in the review notice”. I went to the TC home page (http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/soa-rm/ ) and found an overview that obviously hasn’t been updated since the TC began. The following is what I entered in the review form and I submit it as a first draft of an ASAP update.

The OASIS Service Oriented Architecture TC was constituted to develop a Reference Model for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA-RM). This is primarily to address SOA being used as a term in many contexts and specific technology implementations, sometimes with differing - or worse, conflicting - understandings of implicit terminology and components. The Reference Model, which became an OASIS Standard, has provided a common layer of understanding about what is SOA. The continuing work on the Reference Architecture Foundation will document needs and considerations in applying SOA-RM concepts towards SOA realizations.

Comments welcome, specific edits preferred.

Ken

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Dr. Kenneth Laskey

MITRE Corporation, M/S H305 phone: 703-983-7934

7515 Colshire Drive fax: 703-983-1379

McLean VA 22102-7508

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