{"id":382,"date":"2007-09-07T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=382"},"modified":"2007-09-07T07:00:19","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T15:00:19","slug":"soa-is-this-the-path-to-simplifying-a-complex-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/soa-is-this-the-path-to-simplifying-a-complex-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"SOA: Is this the path to simplifying a complex technology?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To fight the <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"SOA complexity\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/service-oriented\/?p=597\">criticism <\/a>of SOA complexity, the IT industry standards body <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"OASIS\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OASIS_SOA_Reference_Model\">OASIS <\/a>has <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"OASIS response to SOA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oasis-open.org\/news\/oasis-news-2007-08-09.php\">responded <\/a>in a strange way: they&#8217;ve created six new technical committees (TCs) to go off and hammer out more specifications.  The world of SOA is already floating in a sea of complex specifications.  There are even <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"SOA specifications\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soaspecs.com\/\">web sites<\/a> dedicated to trying to map the relationships between the many specs.  OASIS defends their approach by noting that splitting up into the smaller highly-specialialized committees will enable quick progress on the individual topics because they are being addressed by small groups comprised of topic experts.<\/p>\n<p>The new groups created by OASIS include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SCA-Assembly<\/strong>, to define a core composition model.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCA-Policy<\/strong>, to define a policy framework for SCA and specific reliable messaging, security, and transaction policies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCA-Bindings<\/strong>, to standardize bindings for SCA services and references to communications protocols.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCA-BPEL<\/strong>, specifying how SCA component implementations can be written using Web Services Business Process Execution Language.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCA-C-C++<\/strong>, to develop specifications that standardize the use of C and C++ technologies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCA-J<\/strong>, developing specifications that standardize use of Java technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Members of the OASIS initiative include BEA, Oracle, Progress Software, Hitachi, IBM, SAP, and Sun Microsystems.<\/p>\n<p>Standards can be good things, but the danger is that complex standards can inhibit adoption.  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