Service-Oriented Architecture : Concepts, Technology, and Design (Paperback)

The definitive SOA guide: core concepts, fundamental Web services technologies, and step-by-step instructions for building an SOA.

Salient Features
* A how to build SOA book written in an easy-to-understand style
* More than 125 case study examples and more than 300 diagrams that illustrate key concepts and technologies and support the case study examples.
* Written by Thomas Erl, the author of the 1 Web services book of 2004 and the #1 SOA book of 2004

Table of Contents
I. SOA AND WEB SERVICES FUNDAMENTALS.
1. Introducing SOA.
2. The Evolution of SOA.
3. Web Services and Primitive SOA.

II. SOA AND WS EXTENSIONS.
5. Web Services and Contemporary SOA (I: Activity Management and Composition).
6. Web Services and Contemporary SOA (II: Advanced Messaging, Metadata, and Security).

III. SOA AND SERVICE-ORIENTATION.
7. Principles of Service-Orientation.
8. Service Layers.

IV. BUILDING SOA (PLANNING AND ANALYSIS).
9. SOA Delivery Strategies.
10. Service-Oriented Analysis (I: Introduction).
11. Service-Oriented Analysis (II: Service Modeling).

V. BUILDING SOA (TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN).
12. Service-Oriented Design (I: Introduction).
13. Service-Oriented Design (II: SOA Composition Guidelines).
14. Service-Oriented Design (III: Service Design).
15. Service-Oriented Design (IV: Business Process Design).
16. Fundamental WS Extensions.
17. SOA Platforms.