Orchestration Definitions
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business capability
Business capabilities are one way of representing the highest conceptual-level view of an enterprise architecture.
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e-outsourcing
For a business, e-outsourcing is buying information technology products and services that could be furnished in-house from one or a variety of sources on the Internet.
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endpoint reference (EPR)
An endpoint reference (EPR) is a combination of Web services (WS) elements that define the address for a resource in a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) header... (Continued)
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functionality
In information technology, functionality (from Latin functio meaning "to perform") is the sum or any aspect of what a product, such as a software application or computing device, can do for a user.
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JXTA (juxtaposed)
JXTA (pronounced "juxta") is Sun Microsystem's peer-to-peer (P2P) initiative, a research effort created to promote and explore new approaches to distributed computing.
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microservices
Microservices, or microservice architecture, is an approach to application development in which a large application is built as a suite of modular components or services.
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Rich Client Platform (RCP)
A Rich Client Platform (RCP) is a specialized computer program intended for the creation of Java applications built on the Eclipse architecture.... (Continued)
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Service Integration Maturity Model (SIMM)
The Service Integration Maturity Model (SIMM) is a paradigm developed by IBM that defines the extent to which various services are integrated in a service-oriented architecture (SOA)... (Continued)
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service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a software development model for distributed application components that incorporates discovery, access control, data mapping and security features.
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stove-piped development
In engineering and information technology, stove-piped development is an approach in which improvements are considered only within the existing and technologically familiar context.
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system of systems (SoS)
System of systems (SoS) is a way to view multiple, small independent systems in context as part of a larger, more complex system.
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Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC)
The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) is a worldwide consortium that establishes standards intended to promote the fast, efficient and reliable execution of e-commerce and database transactions... (Continued)
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Tuxedo (Transactions for UNIX, Enhanced for Distributed Operation)
Tuxedo (which stands for Transactions for UNIX, Enhanced for Distributed Operation) is a middleware product that uses a message-based communications system to distribute applications across various operating system platforms and databases.
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Web Service Choreography Interface (WSCI)
Web Service Choreography Interface (WSCI) is a programming language that provides a global, message-oriented view of processes involving multiple Web services... (Continued)
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web service orchestration
Service orchestration is the coordination or integration of several services and exposing them as a single service. The mix of services supports the automation of business processes.