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Defining SOA Projects
First, what exactly is an SOA and how is it different from traditional software development approaches? SOA can be defined at the high level as: An architecture where services are defined and orchestrated using open standards, allowing for a pluggable service infrastructure that removes single vendor lock-in
Defining “Service Oriented Architecture”
An Analogy: Transportation
Imagine for a moment that you have a goal to get from your house in Cleveland, Ohio, to a hotel in Denver, Colorado. How might you accomplish this? Perhaps you will drive in your car to off-site parking near an airport. You’ll park your car and ride a shuttle bus to the airport where (if you successfully get through security) you board an airplane for Denver. When you get off, you walk to the taxi stand and take a taxi to the hotel.