This glossary supports the following titles:
SOA: Principles of Service Design (ISBN: 01323 44823, Prentice Hall)
Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design (ISBN: 0131858580, Prentice Hall)
Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML & Web Services (ISBN: 0131 428985, Prentice Hall)
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service capability
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A service can be seen as a container for a collection of related functions. These functions are called service capabilities and those exposed via a service contract establish a basic API by which the service can be invoked.
The term service capability has no implication as to how a service is implemented. Therefore, this term can be especially useful during service modeling stages when the physical design of a service has not yet been determined (at which point it is further qualified as a service capability candidate).
Once it is known whether a service exists as a Web service or as a component, the terms "service method" or "service operation" can be used instead.
See also:
- capability granularity
- service
- service capability candidate
- service contract
- service method
- service operation
- Standardized Service Contract
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