Return to Home Page
This glossary supports the following titles:

SOA Governance

SOA with .NET & Azure


SOA Design Patterns


Web Service Contract Design & Versioning for SOA


SOA Principles of Service Design

Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design

Modern SOA Infrastructure: Technology, Design, and Governance
SOA with REST: Principles, Patterns & Constraints
Next Generation SOA: A Real-World Guide to Modern Service-Oriented Computing
SOA with Java
SOA Security: Practices, Patterns, and Technologies for Securing Services
SOA and Cloud Computing: Practices, Patterns, Technologies


This glossary also supports the SOA Certified Professional (SOACP) program.

For more information, visit: www.soacp.com
and
www.soaschool.com




meta abstraction types

The different types of data that describe a service are collectively referred to as meta abstraction types. These forms of service meta data are relevant when applying the Service Abstraction design principle because their classifications help service designers determine what should and should not be made publicly available about a service.

There are four meta abstraction types:

• Quality of Service Information

• Technology Information

• Functional Information

• Programmatic Logic Information

The tendency is to regulate how much of each type should be published as part of a service contract, a service registry record, and supplementary documents, such as service level agreements.

See also:

- functional meta data

- programmatic logic meta data

- quality of service meta data

- Service Abstraction

- Service Loose Coupling

- technology meta data

The Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl
Home    SOA Books    SOA Magazine    What Is SOA?    SOA Principles    SOASchool.com    Legal Copyright © 2004-2012 SOA Systems Inc.