Method and apparatus for the design and development of service-oriented architecture (soa) solutions

A computer-usable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method for designing and developing an SOA solution, the method comprising:

• implementing a business process layer having a first set of ABBs and configured to perform service composition and service decomposition;
• implementing a service component layer having a second set of ABBs and configured to perform service integration and service invocation;
• implementing a service layer having a third set of ABBs and configured to perform service discovery and service aggregation;
• integrating the business process layer, the service component layer, and the service layer;
• and
• specifying a set of characteristics of the first, second, and third sets of ABBs to be reconfigurable based upon extensible rules.

A data processing system comprising:

• a central processing unit;
• a random access memory for storing data and programs for execution by the central processing unit;
• a first storage level comprising a nonvolatile storage device;
• and
• computer readable instructions stored in the random access memory for execution by central processing unit to perform a method for designing and developing an SOA solution, the method comprising:
• implementing a business process layer having a first set of ABBs and configured to perform service composition and service decomposition;
• implementing a service component layer having a second set of ABBs and configured to perform service integration and service invocation;
• implementing a service layer having a third set of ABBs and configured to perform service discovery and service aggregation;
• integrating the business process layer, the service component layer, and the service layer;
• and
• specifying a set of characteristics of the first, second, and third sets of ABBs to be reconfigurable based upon extensible rules.