This presentation will provide an overview of a meta model for Service Architecture and Engineering. While increasing numbers of enterprises and software vendors are embracing the SOA paradigm, what this means and involves remains somewhat elusive -- except in the case of Web services deployment, for which there is considerable agreement in the form of open standards.

A widely accepted meta model for SOA as a whole could provide a solid foundation for vendor tools, repositories and methods for SOA. It should discourage divisive vendor-unique SOA languages, methods and solutions. A commonly accepted meta model will enable the sharing of SOA know-how, make SOA more sustainable, and support SOA success in the long-term. While Everware-CBDI consider their SAE meta model to be reasonably comprehensive, the speaker will comment on other SOA reference models he has encountered, which similarly seek to drive out a common language for SOA.