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Erl, of [http://www.soasystems.com SOA Systems Inc.] was the first to publicly publish research on service-orientation from an industry perspective. Erl defined eight specific principles of service design for service-orientation. These principles were published in 2005 in [http://soabooks.com/ctd/ |
Erl, of [http://www.soasystems.com SOA Systems Inc.] was the first to publicly publish research on service-orientation from an industry perspective. Erl defined eight specific [[Service-Orientation_Design_Principles|principles of service design]] for service-orientation. These principles were published in 2005 in [http://soabooks.com/ctd/ Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design], on the [http://www.soaprinciples.com www.soaprinciples.com] research site, and in the [http://soa.sys-con.com/node/136190 October 2005 edition] of the Web Services Journal<ref>October 29, 2005, ''The Principles of Service Orientation'', SOA World Magazine</ref>. |
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In 2008 SOA and service orientation (and surrounding technology platforms) matured to the extent that design practices surfaced and the SOA community collaborated to produce a master pattern catalog dedicated to SOA. These patterns were published in [http://www.soapatterns.com/ SOA Design Patterns] (Foreword by [[Grady Booch]]) and on the SOA Patterns http://www.soapatterns.org/ research site. Erl introduced these design patterns and architecture types in the [http://soa.sys-con.com/node/645271 August 2008 edition] of the Web Services Journal <ref> August 16, 2008, ''Introducing SOA Design Patterns'', SOA World Magazine</ref>. |
In 2008 SOA and service orientation (and surrounding technology platforms) matured to the extent that design practices surfaced and the SOA community collaborated to produce a master pattern catalog dedicated to SOA. These patterns were published in [http://www.soapatterns.com/ SOA Design Patterns] (Foreword by [[Grady Booch]]) and on the SOA Patterns http://www.soapatterns.org/ research site. Erl introduced these design patterns and architecture types in the [http://soa.sys-con.com/node/645271 August 2008 edition] of the Web Services Journal <ref> August 16, 2008, ''Introducing SOA Design Patterns'', SOA World Magazine</ref>. |
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Thomas Erl (born 1967) is a Canadian-born SOA-related author, public speaker, and entrepreneur. Erl helped define and popularize service orientation and SOA and is the founder of an international accreditation program in these fields.
Background
Erl, of SOA Systems Inc. was the first to publicly publish research on service-orientation from an industry perspective. Erl defined eight specific principles of service design for service-orientation. These principles were published in 2005 in Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design, on the www.soaprinciples.com research site, and in the October 2005 edition of the Web Services Journal[1].
In 2008 SOA and service orientation (and surrounding technology platforms) matured to the extent that design practices surfaced and the SOA community collaborated to produce a master pattern catalog dedicated to SOA. These patterns were published in SOA Design Patterns (Foreword by Grady Booch) and on the SOA Patterns http://www.soapatterns.org/ research site. Erl introduced these design patterns and architecture types in the August 2008 edition of the Web Services Journal [2].
Since his first publication in 2004, Thomas Erl has published - usually as collective work - several more books, including more recent works on the original Service Design Principles, SOA Design Patterns, Design and Versioning and .Net development platform applied to SOA and Web services. Among SOA strategic benefits and goals, Erl emphasizes increased vendor-platform independence together with increased inherent interoperability, increased federation, increased business-technology alignment, increased organizational agility, increased return on investment and reduced IT burden. Erl´s view on interoperability is that it is a result of applying the SOA design principles, not a principle by itself. This differs from, for example, the European Union concept of interoperability, which establishes interoperability as a objective to be achieved by itself, and not SOA-related. Erl contrasts interoperability as a desirable inherent characteristic, with integration which has to be carried out when there is no inherent interoperability, as happens with silo-based applications. Erl´s most recent books are characterized by their collegial creation. SOA Design Patterns, for example, includes 35 contributors, from major SOA vendors as well as from the SOA practionners community. The set of existing books covers in varying depth virtually all the aspects of analyzing, designing, building, deploying and governing SOA projects. Yveschaix (talk)
References
- Introducing SOA Design Patterns[Online]. Date accessed: 7 April 2010.
See also
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
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