TheOrganization
for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
(Oasis)has formed six committees to
standardise the Service Component Architecture (SCA) specifications
forservice oriented architecture (SOA)environments.
The move is designed to simplify SOA application development by
advancing the
Service Component Architecture family of specifications. SCA
defines a flexible model for creating business solutions using
service components.
The standards work will be organised within the
Oasis Open Composite
Services Architecture (Open CSA) member section, and the
resulting specifications will be offered for implementation on a
royalty-free basis.
The committees have the support of companies including Axway,
BEA Systems, IBM, Oracle, Primeton Technologies, Progress Software,
Red Hat, SAIC, SAP, Sun Microsystems, and Tibco, among others.
Anne Thomas Manes, an analyst at Burton Group, said, "SCA is
based on the idea that business functions are provided as a series
of services that can be wired together to create solutions for
particular business needs.
"These composite applications can contain new services created
specifically for the application and reuse existing business
functions from existing systems."
SCA offers the potential to streamline the SOA design process by
enabling the delivery of easy-to-use tools developers need to
transform IT assets into reusable services, said Manes.
Each of the six new Oasis committees will address a different
aspect of SCA. This will allow smaller groups of members with
specific expertise or interest in one area to collaborate more
effectively, said Oasis.