This glossary supports the following titles:
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
Next Generation SOA: A Real-World Guide to Modern Service-Oriented Computing
SOA with .NET & Azure
SOA with Java
SOA Governance
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
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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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