Framework for variation oriented analysis for service-oriented architecture

A method for performing variation oriented analysis across aspects of service oriented architecture modeling, comprising:

• producing computer executable program code;
• storing the code on a computer readable medium;
• and
• providing the program code to be deployed and executed on a computer system, the program code comprising instructions which, when executed on the computer system, cause the computer system to:
• capture a commonality or a variance of a first process of an initial model plurality of processes relative to a second process of the initial model plurality, each of the initial model processes having an initial model process format;
• store the initial model processes commonality or the initial model processes variance in a common repository memory device in a repository format, the repository format different from the initial model process format;
• capture at least one of a commonality or a variance of a third process of another model plurality of processes relative to a fourth process of the another model plurality, each of the another model plurality processes having an another model process format different from the initial model process format and the repository format;
• store the commonality or the variance of the another model processes in the common repository memory device in the repository format;
• and
• refine at least two processes of the initial model plurality processes into a refined initial model plurality process as a function of at least one of the stored initial model commonality, the stored initial model variance, the stored another model commonality and the stored another model variance;
• wherein the computer system is configured to refine by considering any of the stored commonality and the stored variance of the initial model processes and the stored commonality and the stored variance of the another model processes.

A programmable device comprising:

• a processing means;
• a common repository memory device in communication with the processing means comprising a logic component;
• and
• a network interface in communication with the processing means and the memory;
• wherein the processing means is configured to:
• capture at least one of a commonality and a variance of a first process input from an initial modeler in communication with the processing means relative to a second process input of the initial modeler, each of the first process input and the second process input having an initial model process format;
• store the initial model processes commonality or the initial model processes variance in the common repository memory device in a repository format, the repository format different from the initial model process format;
• capture at least one of a commonality and a variance of a third process input from an another modeler in communication with the processing means relative to a fourth process input from the another modeler, each of the third process input and the fourth process input having an another model process format different from the initial model process format and the repository format;
• store the commonality or the variance of the another model processes in the common repository memory device in the repository format;
• and
• refine at least two processes of the initial modeler into a refined initial modeler process as a function of at least one of the stored initial model commonality, the stored initial model variance, the stored another model commonality and the stored another model variance;
• wherein the processing means is configured to refine by considering any of the stored commonality and the stored variance of the initial model processes and the stored commonality and the stored variance of the another model processes.