Title: The validation process and component analysis in enterprise integration

Authors: Raymond Wu, Jie Lu

Addresses: IBM Software Group, China University of Technology, Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. ' University of Technology, Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia

Abstract: In a rapidly changing development environment, componentisation is crucial as both reuse and agility are basic requirements for maintaining a consistent responsiveness between business and IT. This study proposes a framework of metadata-based component development aiming to achieve service virtualisation through multidisciplines and multisteps process. It also develops service interoperability which can identify and validate component easily. Based on the strategy, a roadmap is provided in full life cycle. The proposed techniques, the multidisciplines and dimensional services, have been applied in industry in constructing the skeleton of service-based architecture and consequently constructing the foundation of service virtualisation.

Keywords: enterprise integration; component analysis; validation process; decision making; business intelligence; reuse; agility; metadata; interoperability; service-based architecture.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBSR.2008.018122

International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2008 Vol.2 No.1, pp.86 - 105

Published online: 02 May 2008 *

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