Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design

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     Praise for Thomas Erl's Books
     Preface
       Acknowledgments
         Chapter 1.  Introduction
       Section 1.1.  Why this book is important
       Section 1.2.  Objectives of this book
       Section 1.3.  Who this book is for
       Section 1.4.  What this book does not cover
       Section 1.5.  How this book is organized
       Section 1.6.  Additional information
         Chapter 2.  Case Studies
       Section 2.1.  How case studies are used
       Section 2.2.  Case #1 background: RailCo Ltd.
       Section 2.3.  Case #2 background: Transit Line Systems Inc.
     Part I:  SOA and Web Services Fundamentals
           Chapter 3.  Introducing SOA
       Section 3.1.  Fundamental SOA
       Section 3.2.  Common characteristics of contemporary SOA
       Section 3.3.  Common misperceptions about SOA
       Section 3.4.  Common tangible benefits of SOA
       Section 3.5.  Common pitfalls of adopting SOA
           Chapter 4.  The Evolution of SOA
       Section 4.1.  An SOA timeline (from XML to Web services to SOA)
       Section 4.2.  The continuing evolution of SOA (standards organizations and contributing vendors)
       Section 4.3.  The roots of SOA (comparing SOA to past architectures)
           Chapter 5.  Web Services and Primitive SOA
       Section 5.1.  The Web services framework
       Section 5.2.  Services (as Web services)
       Section 5.3.  Service descriptions (with WSDL)
       Section 5.4.  Messaging (with SOAP)
     Part II:  SOA and WS-* Extensions
           Chapter 6.  Web Services and Contemporary SOA (Part I: Activity Management and Composition)
       Section 6.1.  Message exchange patterns
       Section 6.2.  Service activity
       Section 6.3.  Coordination
       Section 6.4.  Atomic transactions
       Section 6.5.  Business activities
       Section 6.6.  Orchestration
       Section 6.7.  Choreography
           Chapter 7.  Web Services and Contemporary SOA (Part II: Advanced Messaging, Metadata, and Security)
       Section 7.1.  Addressing
       Section 7.2.  Reliable messaging
       Section 7.3.  Correlation
       Section 7.4.  Policies
       Section 7.5.  Metadata exchange
       Section 7.6.  Security
       Section 7.7.  Notification and eventing
     Part III:  SOA and Service-Orientation
           Chapter 8.  Principles of Service-Orientation
       Section 8.1.  Service-orientation and the enterprise
       Section 8.2.  Anatomy of a service-oriented architecture
       Section 8.3.  Common principles of service-orientation
       Section 8.4.  How service-orientation principles inter-relate
       Section 8.5.  Service-orientation and object-orientation (Part II)
       Section 8.6.  Native Web service support for service-orientation principles
           Chapter 9.  Service Layers
       Section 9.1.  Service-orientation and contemporary SOA
       Section 9.2.  Service layer abstraction
       Section 9.3.  Application service layer
       Section 9.4.  Business service layer
       Section 9.5.  Orchestration service layer
       Section 9.6.  Agnostic services
       Section 9.7.  Service layer configuration scenarios
     Part IV:  Building SOA (Planning and Analysis)
           Chapter 10.  SOA Delivery Strategies
       Section 10.1.  SOA delivery lifecycle phases
       Section 10.2.  The top-down strategy
       Section 10.3.  The bottom-up strategy
       Section 10.4.  The agile strategy
           Chapter 11.  Service-Oriented Analysis (Part I: Introduction)
       "Service-oriented architecture" vs. "Service-oriented environment"
       Section 11.1.  Introduction to service-oriented analysis
       Section 11.2.  Benefits of a business-centric SOA
       Section 11.3.  Deriving business services
           Chapter 12.  Service-Oriented Analysis (Part II: Service Modeling)
       Section 12.1.  Service modeling (a step-by-step process)
       Section 12.2.  Service modeling guidelines
       Section 12.3.  Classifying service model logic
       Section 12.4.  Contrasting service modeling approaches (an example)
     Part V:  Building SOA (Technology and Design)
           Chapter 13.  Service-Oriented Design (Part I: Introduction)
       Section 13.1.  Introduction to service-oriented design
       Section 13.2.  WSDL-related XML Schema language basics
       Section 13.3.  WSDL language basics
       Section 13.4.  SOAP language basics
       Section 13.5.  Service interface design tools
           Chapter 14.  Service-Oriented Design (Part II: SOA Composition Guidelines)
       Section 14.1.  Steps to composing SOA
       Section 14.2.  Considerations for choosing service layers
       Section 14.3.  Considerations for positioning core SOA standards
       Section 14.4.  Considerations for choosing SOA extensions
           Chapter 15.  Service-Oriented Design (Part III: Service Design)
       Section 15.1.  Service design overview
       Section 15.2.  Entity-centric business service design (a step-by-step process)
       Section 15.3.  Application service design (a step-by-step process)
       Section 15.4.  Task-centric business service design (a step-by-step process)
       Section 15.5.  Service design guidelines
           Chapter 16.  Service-Oriented Design (Part IV: Business Process Design)
       Section 16.1.  WS-BPEL language basics
       Section 16.2.  WS-Coordination overview
       Section 16.3.  Service-oriented business process design (a step-by-step process)
           Chapter 17.  Fundamental WS-* Extensions
       You must Understand this
       Section 17.1.  WS-Addressing language basics
       Section 17.2.  WS-ReliableMessaging language basics
       Section 17.3.  WS-Policy language basics
       Section 17.4.  WS-MetadataExchange language basics
       Section 17.5.  WS-Security language basics
           Chapter 18.  SOA Platforms
       Section 18.1.  SOA platform basics
       Section 18.2.  SOA support in J2EE
       Section 18.3.  SOA support in .NET
       Section 18.4.  Integration considerations
         Appendix A.  Case Studies: Conclusion
       Section A.1.  RailCo Ltd.
       Section A.2.  Transit Line Systems Inc.
       Section A.3.  The Oasis Car Wash
         Appendix B.  Service Models Reference
        About the Author
        About SOA Systems
        About the Photographs
     Index