Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies Table of Contents
Contents at a Glance
Part I: Getting Started with SOA
Chapter 1: Getting to Know SOA
Chapter 2: Are You Ready for SOA? A Self Test
Chapter 3: Making Sure SOA Happens
Chapter 4: SOA Quick Start: Entry Points for Starting the SOA Journey
Part II: Introducing SOA Basics
Chapter 5: Understanding Software Architecture
Chapter 6: Working with Software Components
Chapter 7: Discovering the Main Components of SOA
Chapter 8: Playing Fast and Loose: Loose Coupling and Federation
Chapter 9: The Collaborative Lifecycle of the Business Process
Part III: Nitty-Gritty SOA
Chapter 10: (e)Xplaining XML
Chapter 11: Dealing with Adapters
Chapter 12: Discovering the Service Broker
Chapter 13: The Enterprise Service Bus
Chapter 14: The SOA Service Manager
Part IV: SOA Sustenance
Chapter 15: SOA Governance
Chapter 16: SOA Security
Chapter 17: Turning Data into Services
Chapter 18: SOA Software Development
Chapter 19: The Registry and the Repository
Chapter 20: Putting Quality into SOA
Part V: Real Life with SOA
Chapter 21: Financial Services
Chapter 22: Government
Chapter 23: Healthcare
Chapter 24: Hospitality and Travel
Chapter 25: Information Services
Chapter 26: Manufacturing and Distribution
Chapter 27: Retail
Chapter 28: Telecommunications
Chapter 29: Utilities and Energy
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 30: Ten Swell SOA Resources
Chapter 31: Ten SOA No-Nos
Definition of Service Oriented Architecture
A software architecture for building applications that implement business processes or services using a set of loosely-coupled black-box components orchestrated to deliver a well-defined level of service.
