Hype over service oriented architecture continues

Widespread promotion of the SOA approach results in an ever growing number of online publications on the subject. Vast amount of resources on SOA requires careful revision. The paper starts with definitions published by online thesauri, various committees and software providers. It lists blogs that publish most up-to-date information about SOA. More about the concept can be found in various online guides, both business- and technically-oriented. The authors also suggest having a look at Web pages of EU-funded projects related to SOA. The article includes a list of the most important organizations working on SOA, along with their views on the concept.