1. Copyright © 2006, ZapThink, LLC SOA, Semantics, and Ontologies Ron Schmelzer Senior Analyst ZapThink, LLC

2. Copyright © 2006, ZapThink, LLC Service Orientation: Light at the End of the Tunnel Service Orientation is a business approach The core business motivation is business agility It’s not about connecting things, it’s about enabling processes through composition Rather than “rip and replace” old systems – make them work better together We don’t want more middleware for our middleware Metadata is the Key

3. Copyright © 2006, ZapThink, LLC Semantics: The Greatest Challenge of SOA Just because you can call someone, doesn’t mean you can speak their language Adds layers of complexity to the transformation problem

4. Copyright © 2006, ZapThink, LLC The Integration “Zipper”

5. Copyright © 2006, ZapThink, LLC What’s in a Service Contract? Functional Requirements Non-Functional Requirements Service OperationsInfrastructureURI SecurityQoSTransactions Commerce / Biz Rules Service LevelSemanticsProcess

6. Copyright © 2006, ZapThink, LLC Reducing Redundancy with Shared Services Source: CTOgroup

7. Copyright © 2006, ZapThink, LLC Thank you! Ronald Schmelzer rschmelzer@zapthink.com