Composable Chat: Towards a SOA-Based Enterprise Chat System

Enterprise Chat has emerged as one of the key tools for rapid communication, decision making, and situational awareness across a wide spectrum of application domains, ranging from Massively Multi-player Online games (MMOs) to multi-national corporations to public safety and defense. This report is motivated by the increasing need to flexibly bridge multiple existing and emerging standards and technology platforms for Enterprise Chat. A promising approach to this effect is the use of Service-Oriented Architecture methodology and technology, as this combination has been used successfully across the industry in other enterprise integration projects.