SIMPLE: Template based service integration

Abstract

These days, in rapid changing environments, when building an integration solution, reusable assets are brought into the design and composition to accelerate the time to market and more importantly time to value. Assets need to offer a standard interface and be easily configured to minimize the adaptation time to address the use case in question. We proposed and developed a new approach to address the above issues, coined as SIMPLE. The center of SIMPLE is the concept solution template [1]. Customizable points are defined in a solution template and leveraged to adapt to changes. Solution template acts as the unifying artifact throughout the lifecycle of a solution (from engagement to deployment). In the development phase, solution templates are instantiated to generate concrete solutions for specific platform. We present the model and methodology rendered for solution template-based development of SOA solutions. We developed the Solution Template Tool to simplify the lifecycle of an integration of services, through flexible design and customization of Solution Template and an interactive environment driven by Wizards. © 2009 IEEE.