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Fundamental Design
Terminology and Concepts
    Introduction
    Design Characteristic
    Design Principle
    Design Paradigm
    Design Pattern
    Design Pattern Language
    Design Standard
    Best Practice

Elements of
Service-Oriented Computing
    Introduction
    Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA)
    Services and
Service-Orientation
    Service Compositions
    Service Inventory
    A Conceptual View of
Service-Oriented Computing
    A Physical View of
Service-Oriented Computing

Goals and Benefits of
Service-Oriented Computing
    Introduction
    Increased Intrinsic Interoperability
    Increased Federation
    Increased Vendor Diversification Options
    Increased Business and Technology Domain Alignment
    Increased ROI
    Increased
Organizational Agility
    Reduced IT Burden

Service-Oriented Computing
in the Real World
    Services as Web Services
    About Web Services (Part I)
    About Web Services (Part II)
    Service Models and
Service Layers
    Service Inventory Blueprints
    Service-Oriented Analysis
    Service-Oriented Design

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Fundamental Design Terminology and Concepts

Best Practice

Note: This definition was copied from www.SOAGlossary.com.

A best practice is generally considered a technique or approach to solving or preventing certain problems. It is usually a practice that has industry recognition and has emerged from past industry experience.


Figure: Best practices provide guidance in the form of general “lessons learned.” In the example, it is suggested that the on-going maintenance of reusable solution logic units from all applications fall under a single custodian.

How then is a best practice differentiated from a design principle? In this book we make a clear distinction in that a design principle is limited to design only. A best practice can relate to anything from project delivery to organizational issues, governance, or process. A design principle could be considered a best practice associated only with solution design.








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SOA: Principles of Service Design
by Thomas Erl

ISBN: 0132344823, Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR, Hardcover
240+ Full Color Illustrations, 573 pages

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