Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) are a significant step forward in
aligning information technology with business goals. But SOAs are
insufficient when the Web services of which they are typically composed use
inconsistent terminologies and present different understandings of the
real-world environment that they are meant to support. Enterprises need
transparency, a clear view of what is happening in the organization. They
also need agility, which is the ability to respond quickly to changes in the
internal and external environments. Finally, organizations require
integrati... (more)
The Web services vision of loosely coupled interaction between components,
programs, and applications is already beginning to create impressive
efficiencies of scale in business integration. The notion of a Web service
registry such as UDDI is helping to turn this vision into a reality. Despite
this, however, the comprehensive adoption of a truly dynamic discovery of Web
services may sti... (more)