SOA Reference Architecture – Relationship to Open Group Guide: Using TOGAF to Define and Govern SOA

 

The Open Group Guide, Using TOGAF to Define and Govern Service-Oriented Architectures [26], describes one of the ways in which to instantiate the SOA Reference Architecture (SOA RA) using TOGAF. In that description, the practical guide suggests the use of the TOGAF meta-model to model the SOA RA adapted to an organization.

This mapping between the TOGAF meta-model and the meta-model used in the SOA RA is described below.

SOA RA Entity

TOGAF Entity

Capability

Platform Service

ABB

Logical Technology Component

Interaction

Contract

Enabling Technology

Physical Technology Component

Information Model

Information Component Model

NFR

Service Quality

KPI

Measure