1 ESSENCE OF THE SERVICE-ORIENTED MODELING PARADIGM
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approved and agreed on, can later serve as the foundation for the ultimate service construction
process.
EVERYBODY??™S LANGUAGE: A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE FOR BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY. We
are often driven by tactical decisions to alleviate organizational concerns and to provide rapid
solutions to problems that arise. The proposed service-oriented modeling language is designed to
ease time to market by strengthening the ties between business and technology organizations. This
can accelerate the delivery process of software assets to the production environment. Furthermore,
the service-oriented modeling language can also be employed to fill in communication gaps and
enhance alignment between the problem and solution domain bodies.
To achieve these goals, the service-oriented modeling language offers an intuitive syntax,
a simple vocabulary, and a taxonomy that can be well understood and easily employed by various
business and technology stakeholders during service life cycle phases and projects. The language
can be utilized not only by professional modelers, architects, or developers, but by managers,
business executives, business analysts, business architects, and even project administrators.
Exhibit 1.1 depicts the service-oriented modeling activities, language, disciplines, and
benefits.
DRIVING PRINCIPLES OF SERVICE-ORIENTED MODELING
Service-oriented modeling principles capitalize on devised SOA standards already in use by organizations
and professionals.
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