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8.6 Service Interface and Integration Service Area
The Service Interface and Integration Service Area (Figure 8-6) defines the discovery,
interaction and communication technologies joining disparate systems and information
providers. SOAs leverage and incorporate Service Interface and Integration standards to
provide interoperability and scalability.
[330] Service Interface and Integration
[3301] Integration [3302] Interoperability [3303] Interface
[330101] Middleware
[330102] Enterprise Application
Integration
[330201] Data Format /
Classification
[330202] Data Types / Validation
[330203] Data Transformation
Figure 8-6: Service Interface and Integration Area
[330301] Service Discovery
[330302] Service Description /
Interface
The Service Interface and Integration Categories and Standards are defined in the sections
below. Examples are provided for clarity only
Agencies should consult whole of government policies, frameworks and standards together
with their agency SOE to determine product requirements.
8.6.1 [3301] Integration
Integration defines the software services enabling elements of distributed business
applications to interoperate. These elements can share function, content and communications
across heterogeneous computing environments. In particular, service integration offers a set of
architecture services such as platform and service location transparency, transaction
management, basic messaging between two points, and guaranteed message delivery.
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