Service orientation

Paradigm which enables the straightforward exchange, addition or removal of loosely coupled services

Sources:

• The Open Group. “Service-Oriented Architecture Ontology”. Version 2.0, Draft Technical Standard, 2008. http://www.opengroup.org/projects/soa-ontology
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Bieberstein, N., Bose, S., Fiammante, M., Jones, K. and Shah, R. “Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Compass – Business Value, Planning and Enterprise Roadmap”. IBM Press developerWorks Series. ISBN 0-13-187002-5, 2006.
• Service-orientation, Erl, Thomas: “SOA: Principles of Service Design”. ISBN 0-13-234482-3. Prentice Hall, 2008.
• Erl, Th.: SOA: Entwurfsprinzipien für serviceorientierte Architektur. Addison-Wesley Verlag, 1. Auflage, ISBN 978-3827326515, 2008.