Many of the elements of Web 2.0 are highly relevant to service-oriented architecture and the service economy. In this post, I want to extract two sets in particular.
| Loosely coupled systems of systems | Small pieces loosely joined - web as components Granular addressability of content Software above the level of a single device Radical decentralization |
| User-centric | Users control their own data Rich user experience Trust your users Emergent - user behaviour not predetermined Customer self-service - enabling the long tail |
If we apply this kind of thinking to SOA, a distinction emerges between SOA 1.0 and SOA 2.0.
| SOA 1.0 | SOA 2.0 | |
| Supply-side oriented | Supply-demand collaboration | |
| Straight-through processing | Complex systems of systems | |
| Aggregating otherwise inert systems and providing some new communication channels | Frameworks, applications, agents and communication channels understanding each other more deeply. Building a smarter stack and designing applications to take advantage of new constructs that (we hope) promote agility and simplicity. | Erik Johnson via Dion Hinchcliffe |
| Single directing mind | Collaborative composition | |
| Controlled reuse | Uncontrolled reuse | See my earlier posts on Controlling Content and Shrinkwrap or Secondhand |
| Endo-interoperability (within single enterprise or closed collaborative system) | Exo-interoperability | I am currently preparing a longer paper on interoperability and risk. See my recent posts on Efficiency and Robustness. |
| Cost savings | Improved user experience | This is one of the areas where SOA starts to get interesting for the business and not just for the technologists. |
| An emerging network-centric platform to support distributed, collaborative and cumulative creation by its users | John Hagel |
There are some other elements of SOA 2.0 that I intend to discuss in subsequent posts.
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