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:: Web Services and SOA News ::
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SOA's Second Act: Dynamic Documents Top the Agenda
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While SOA has traditionally had something of a data obsession. While the focus has been on service-enablement of structured and transactional data and processes, documents and document-centric processes have been conspicuously absent from the SOA agenda. With structured data in order, organizations are now beginning to take a closer look at the role of unstructured assets as part of SOA.
The domains of documents and data have long been two worlds divided. Data is stored in relational databases, mainframe systems, and data warehouses. Documents are kept in content management systems, shared file servers, and local drives. Structured data is empirical. It focuses on the “what” of a business — financial information, inventory, etc. Documents are contextual. They typically focus on the “why” and the “how” — manuals, policies, reports, analysis, etc.
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read more on Ajax World
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[Friday, May 16, 2008]
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