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7.4 Elements Constituting SOA

SOA applies the concept of services as well as business process management. The relationship between the services and business process in SOA is shown in Figure 1-5.

Figure 7-5 Relationship between the services and business process in SOA

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You call and use the required services based on the business process that follows the flow of businesses. The linkage between the service user, business process, and services is implemented through an enterprise service bus (ESB).

The enterprise service bus that combines and executes a service, constitutes the core part of SOA.

The business process and services of SOA are explained below:

Organization of this section
7.4.1 Business Processes
7.4.2 Services