Reference Models and Reference Architectures Based on Service-Oriented Architecture: A Systematic Review

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has received increasing attention by providing low coupling, reuse, productivity, and a better understanding of the business domain. However, there are challenges in creating quality solutions using services. Based on SOA, reference models and reference architectures have been proposed to support the understanding, development, and standardization in the development of service-oriented systems. Considering the relevance of SOA, as well as the lack of a complete panorama about these models and architectures, this paper aims at presenting a detailed view about the establishment and use of these models and architectures. For this, we conducted a systematic review. As main results, we observed a recent increase in the number of work regarding reference models and reference architectures based on SOA, including for different domains. Furthermore, based on the presented view, we identified interesting and important perspectives for future research.