REFERENCE MODELS FOR SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES

摘要

Reference models for service oriented architectures can be used as a blueprint for the description of e-services themselves, as well as their relations to the business and technical contexts in which they will operate. Thus, rather than re-inventing the wheel, organizations can turn to service oriented reference models to get a quick start at describing, designing and organizing e-services. In this paper, we examine eight reference models for service oriented architecture, based on a framework consisting of meta data descriptions, i.e. information about the reference models, such as its origin, purpose and existing methods for applying the reference model. We furthermore present practical guidelines that can be used to select among the reference models. The guidelines are based on the meta data descriptions, and a number of identified needs of service oriented organizations.