SOA Schools:Service Orientation for Architects
Service Orientation for Architects
SOA Data Integration
At the heart of a service-oriented architecture lies data that needs to be exchanged in a sensible fashion. This lesson features a Webcast with noted SOA consultant David S. Linthicum on how to build a data services layer into your SOA. Data abstraction, metadata mapping, XQuery and Service Data Objects are a few of the topics he covers in the presentation. He warns that SOA performance issues are nearly automatic for architects who haven't properly accounted for data integration. XML guru Ed Tittel also provides a written tip on the instant usability of the XQuery 1.0 specification.
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XQuery 1.0: A long time coming, now what?
Tip - While the XQuery 1.0 specification may have taken years to get finalized, major database engines already support it. XML guru Ed Tittel notes that there's a massive reservoir of available information on XQuery as well, making it a standard that's...