Services are, and are not... [adamga's WebLog 3/27/2005; 4:52:57 AM] A common technique for systems integration these days is to use some form of message queueing technology... When discussing SOA, people often make the mistake of confusing this type of service-based design with a service oriented architecture. As Don Box puts it, there are four basic tenets of SOA:
 - Services are autonomous
 - Services share schema and contract, not class
 - Boundaries are explicit
 - Service compatibility is determined based on policy
Clearly, a message queueing solution does not meet this criteria... 
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