SCA: 1.0 and OASIS - Bobby Woolf's dW Blog

From Bobby Woolf: WebSphere SOA and J2EE in Practice

Monday April 02, 2007

• SCA: 1.0 and OASIS

Service component architecture (SCA) has reached some important milestones.

In "SCA V1.0 Publication & OASIS Standardization Intent Announcement," the OSOA announces SCA v1.0, to go with SDO 2.1. The specs have now been submitted to OASIS for ratification as a standard.

I've talked about Service Component Architecture (SCA), the new programming model designed specifically for SOA, and Service Data Objects (SDO), a programming model for portable data. SCA is built into WebSphere Process Server and is being standardized by the Open Service Oriented Architecture (OSOA) organization, a collaboration of a dozen top software vendors including IBM.

You can get more links on my wiki; Open Service-Oriented Architecture is a good place to start.

Oracle Service Registry 10.1.3.1 now available

Oracle SOA Suite 10g Release 3 (10.1.3.1.0) Downloads: "Oracle Service Registry 10g Runs on all certified platforms (80 MB)"

The Oracle Service Registry 10.1.3.1 has been released and is available for download from OTN. This version of Registry is fully compatible with the 10.1.3.1 (SOA) releases of Oracle Application Server and OC4J standalone.

The product installer, a ReadMe document and the product documentation can be downloaded from the SOA/Web Center download page on OTN

Note that the installer can be used with all supported versions of Windows, Linux and Unix. This is a change from the 10.1.3 release, which had different Windows/Linux and Unix installers.

** WHAT'S NEW IN ORACLE SERVICE REGISTRY 10.1.3.1 **

Key enhancements other than infrastructure changes include:

* Support for the Oracle XML-based lightweight security provider

* Use of Oracle data sources, meaning that RAC support is now provided out-of-the-box

* Support for the following non-Oracle databases:
** Microsoft SQL Server 2005
** IBM DB2 8.0 +
** Sybase ASE 12.5 +

* An embedded Oracle Lite database. This configuration is supported on Windows only and is suitable for demonstration purposes only.


** SUPPORTED ORACLE APPLICATION SERVER VERSIONS **

Oracle Service Registry 10.1.3.1 is supported on the following Oracle versions:

Oracle Application Server 10g R3 (10.1.3.1)
OC4J Standalone 10g R3 (10.1.3.1)
Oracle Application Server 10g R2 (10.1.2.0.2)
OC4J 10g R2 (10.1.2.0.2)

Note that because the new release uses the Oracle JSP (OJSP) engine instead of Apache Jasper, an OJSP patch is required if running on Oracle Application Server/OC4J R2 (10.1.2.0.2). The patch can be downloaded from Metalink:

Patch: 4936151
Release: 10.1.2.0.2
Platform: Generic

SOA Suite 10.1.3.1.0 - Live on OTN

SOA Suite 10.1.3.1.0 release is now live on OTN . Supporting bits still showing up over the next few days: doc, certification, and various other OTN page updates etc.
Take a look here

Here is the download matrix

SOA Suite 10.1.3.1.0 includes all of the following

-- SOA Suite CD --

Oracle HTTP Server (1.3.x based)
Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control
Oracle Application Server Guard
Oracle Application Server Recovery Manager
Oracle ADF
Merant DataDirect JDBC drivers
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Control
Oracle Business Rules
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus Control
Oracle Web Services Manager
Oracle Web Services Manager Control
Oracle Lite (Windows only)
Oracle Application Server Cloning Tool
Oracle TopLink
XML Query Service

-- Companion CD --

Oracle HTTP Server 2.0
Oracle Application Server Guard
Oracle JDeveloper 10g
Oracle ADF Installer
Oracle Application Server Proxy Plug-In
Oracle Application Server OC4J Plug-In
Oracle Application Server OSSO Plug-In
Oracle Application Server Web Service Proxy Plug-In
OC4J Client zip file
OC4J Web Service Client zip file
OC4J IIOP Client zip file
OC4J Standalone zip file
OC4J Admin Client
Oracle Sensor Edge Server
Oracle TopLink
Oracle TopLink Foundation Library
Oracle TopLink Workbench
Oracle Business Rules Standalone zip file
Oracle Configuration Manager
Oracle Fail Safe (Windows Only)

-- BAM CD --
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring (Windows Only)

Oracle SOA Suite Preview Available for Download- From Reynold's blog

Oracle SOA Suite Preview Available for Download: "SOA Suite 10.1.3.1 on OTN SOA Suite 10.1.3.1 has finally been posted to OTN. This is the release I have been playing with for the last couple of months and includes the Oracle Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) as well as several other key components. The following diagram is taken from the QuickStart Guide and provides a view of the components. SOA Suite is built on top of an J2EE Application Server (preview only supports Oracle Application Server but components will run on other App Servers later) which provides web services support, event services and access to the Java Enterprise environment. Sitting on top of this are the following components BPEL Process Manager This has a much improved workflow component. Workflow is now a true service configured via XML, which means that the wizard can and has been made re-entrant (you can now change workflows by altering your choices in the wizard). To me this is one of the biggest improvements. A lot of other areas of BPEL PM have been improved in this release and I will cover some of them in a futur"

JAXB RI 2.0.1 is released

JAXB RI 2.0.1 is released: "The JAXB team is pleased to announce that JAXB 2.0.1 is released.


binary distribution bundle

release notes

change log



More downloads can be found in the download section"

SOA Gotchas from reynolds blog

SOA Gotchas: "Just came across this great set of SOA anti-patterns by Steve Jones of Cap Gemini. Bottom line is that SOA must be done in conjunction with the business, focussed on delivering business services and business processes. Anything else is a recipe for disaster. Hmmmm, no different to any other thing in IT really :-)"

Oracle Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) - A First Impression (and it’s not bad at all!)

Oracle Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) - A First Impression (and it’s not bad at all!): "You never get a second chance for a first impression, the shampoo ad warns us. So every software vendor is likely to be a little nervous about showing a 1.0 release of his software to a critical audience consisting of senior developers and - scary! - architects. It’s even worse to have to present them [...]"

Oracle Middleware Leads IT Pack - Forbes

Oracle Middleware Leads IT Pack - Forbes: "Oracle Middleware Leads IT Pack
Forbes - 5 hours ago
Cowen & Co. analyst Peter Goldmacher maintained an 'outperform' rating on shares of Oracle after meeting with executives in charge of Oracle's middleware software group, Fusion Middleware.
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Oracle Delivers Enhanced RFID Technology in Oracle(R) Fusion ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Oracle Delivers Enhanced RFID Technology in Oracle(R) Fusion ... - PR Newswire (press release): "Oracle Delivers Enhanced RFID Technology in Oracle(R) Fusion ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 14 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RFID JOURNAL LIVE! -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) today announced significant enhancements to Oracle(R) Sensor Edge Server, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, to ...
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IBM 'clipped tag' technology speaks to RFID privacy - EETimes.com

maybe subbu's got a point... 'clipped tag'.. big blue is going nuts...:-))IBM 'clipped tag' technology speaks to RFID privacy - EETimes.com: "IBM 'clipped tag' technology speaks to RFID privacy
EETimes.com - 2 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO - Responding to RFID privacy concerns, IBM has developed a 'clipped tag' technology, offering consumers the ability to tear or scratch off RFID antennae, eliminating the threat of an un-authorized reading of the tag.
IBM RFID Tag May Ease Privacy Concerns InformationWeek
Retail-Safe RFID Unveiled Wired News
RFID Privacy Guidelines To Protect Consumers Issued InformationWeek
TechPlanet - CIO - all 32 related"

ESB: Wave of the Future

ESB: Wave of the Future: "See the Enterprise Service Bus Forrester Wave results."

Oracle SOA Suite | | Feb 28, 2006 | Network Computing

Oracle SOA Suite | | Feb 28, 2006 | Network Computing

Enabling SOA-based Architectures using WebSphere Messaging

Enabling SOA-based Architectures using WebSphere Messaging: "Draft Redbook, last updated: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 - Service-oriented architecture and messaging- ESB implementation with WebSphere Message Broker- ESB implementation with WebSphere ESB Successfully implementing an SOA requires applications and infrastructure that can support the SOA principles. "

IBM - Refresh Pack 6.0.1.0 for WebSphere MQ V6.0 is available

IBM - Refresh Pack 6.0.1.0 for WebSphere MQ V6.0 is available