+1 SOA and REST are both architectural styles, but they operate at different levels of the architecture. SOA is an enterprise architectural style; REST is a software architectural style. I wrote about this in my blog back in June: http://apsblog.burtongroup.com/2007/06/soa_and_rest_op.html
Anne On 10/2/07, Stefan Tilkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 2, 2007, at 5:05 PM, Mark Baker wrote: > > > On 10/2/07, Eric Newcomer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok, sorry, yes, that is how I see SOA. > > > > > > But it is a bit confusing then to say something like "you can use > > REST to implement an SOA" isn't it? > > > > Yes, it is. I hope I've never said that, because it's really an > > information-free statement. > > I'm close to giving up on you guys ;-) ""you can use REST to > implement an SOA"" makes perfect sense if "SOA" above means the > "business level SOA" concept. > > Stefan > -- > Stefan Tilkov, http://www.innoq.com/blog/st/ >
