SOA-Based Composite Applications With Zero Constraints

Composite applications are applications that use functionalities from other applications. Since one has the technology to create composite applications today, one does not need to limit the definition in any way. This white paper is about composite applications - composite applications with zero constraints. (Necessary access control and security are not considered constraints in the definition, but rather as mandatory features.) All of the large analyst firms today view the enabling technology of composite applications to be mature, and expectations are running high that composite application technology will speed development of the next crop of new corporate applications - in particular, ones that exploit Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles.