• Introduction
• Service Oriented Architecture
• What Is SOA?
• SOA and Enterprise Architecture
• SOA and Boundaryless Information Flow
• SOA Features and Benefits
• Acknowledgements
• Referenced Documents
• OSIMM Version 2 Technical Standard
• SOA Reference Architecture Technical Standard
• SOCCI Framework Technical Standard
• Using TOGAF to Define and Govern SOAs
• SOA Governance Technical Standard
• SOA Ontology Technical Standard
• Legacy Evolution to SOA
• Navigating the SOA Open Standards Landscape Around Architecture White Paper

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Service Oriented Architecture

This part of the Source Book discusses Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in relation to enterprises, and describes how to evaluate SOA features in business terms. It contains:

• A definition of SOA
• An analysis of the role of SOA in relation to enterprise architecture
• An explanation of how SOA can enable an enterprise to achieve Boundaryless Information Flow
• A description of the features of SOA and the business benefits that they provide