SOA Web Sites by Thomas Erl (and associates)

This collection of web site links for the SOA Books and associated materials.

Site	Comments
What Is SOA	A site with some good overview, and introductory concepts materials.
SOA Books	This is a site which lists the SOA books Thomas Erl has had a hand in. All of the books are published by Prentice Hall
SOA Patterns	This site has a list of the design patterns identified in SOA implementations. It is really a companion to the SOA Design Patterns Book. The detailed content on the is very brief, you probably need to have read the book to make use of the site.
SOA Principles	This site has a list of the SOA Design Principles. It is a companion to the SOA Design Principles book. The detailed descriptions are quite brief, and reply on you having read the book.
SOA Glossary	This could be a very useful glossary of SOA related terms. One of the big issues which introducing SOA will  always run into is the terms used in a SOA can have “overhanging” or “residual”meaning from other contexts. Having source for a glossary which you can use to standardise the language will be very useful.
SOA Posters Download Page	This page has two posters: the SOA Principles poster. This poster is a good summary of the design principles. the SOA Design Patterns Reference poster. A high level summary of the SOA design patterns. Again, a good “quick reference card” to the details of the pattern in the book.
SOA Methodology	An introduction to a design and development methodology for SOA. Again, probably needs the book to really get more than a couple of quick tips from the site.
SOA Specifications	A useful set of links to all (probably) the standards which are used in the SOA arena today. It makes a handy quick reference into the variety XML based standards used today.
SOA Schools Certification	Want to become a SOA Certified Professions, here the place to start. I have no idea of the quality of what is offered, or the general acceptance of the Certifications which can be gained.
SOA in the US DoD	Site dedicated to the implementation of SOA in the US DoD. The links to documents here may be helpful in SOA implementations in other large organisations.
SOA Magazine	Magazine site, claims the current issue is 23. The link to find the past issues is at the bottom on the page (in fine print – not the easiest thing to spot).
WS-* Standards	Reference Site with links to some of the WS-* Standards.

 

SOA Design Patterns

SOA Principles of Service Design

Web Service Contract Design and Versioning for SOA

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

 

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