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Week 4 – Topic 05
Service Layers
Source : Service-Oriented Architecture, Thomas Erl, 2005
The three primary service layers.
• Figure shows the SOA layers WITHIN the single Service
Interface Layer of the Enterprise Architecture
– Business Process Layer
Processes of the Enterprise, not just the IT systems
– Service Interface Layer
• Orchestration Layer
• Business Service Layer
– NOT the Business Process Layer
• Application Service Layer
– NOT the Application Layer
– Application Layer
Legacy and Service Implementations
Application Service Layer