THE IMPACT OF VOCABULARIES ON END USER SOA STRATEGIES

Session Abstract 4/25 (Monday) 3:15 PM INDUSTRY PANEL: THE IMPACT OF VOCABULARIES ON END USER SOA STRATEGIES Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) are considered by many to be the solution for a myriad of challenges faced by today's IT organizations. This year's OASIS Symposium will feature a panel of users from major companies who will share overviews of their companies' SOA plans/initiatives. They also will address the current challenges faced in understanding, creating, and implementing an SOA strategy and how the various industry vocabularies impact these plans.

Panel Agenda In Brief Introduction –Welcome –Introducing the panel –Review key definitions SOA Initiative Overviews Theme: Business v. Technology –Business benefits of SOA –Vocabularies –Security –Governance –Global implications –Internal v. External –Architecture Strategy –Existing apps –Heterogeneous v. Homogeneous OASIS & Other Standards Bodies Q&A

The Panelists Kathryn Breininger, Boeing Bob Roth, Cendant John Jackson, GM Rafael Martinez, JP Morgan Chase John Nida, Lockheed Martin

Our Definitions Vocabulary – collection of metadata describing tag names, types, structure & sometimes process for data interchange; aka: language, dictionary Registry – a store for metadata and policies, possibly including vocabularies Metadata – examples: an XML Schema, a security entitlement Intermediary – a hardware or software proxy deployed between systems to provide services, example: SOAP intermediary SOA – service oriented architecture

Examples of Vocabularies RosettaNet – UBL – ACORD – FIXml – IFX – MDDL –

Vertical v. Horizontal Standards