Sky Captain and the Service Oriented Architecture Reference Model of Tomorrow talk by Mr. Duane Nickull (Adobe Systems) on 01/27/2005

* Agenda Mr. Duane Nickull will be giving a talk entitled: "Sky Captain and the Service Oriented Architecture Reference Model of Tomorrow" * Date Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005 * ONTOLOG forum Wiki page details http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_02_17 * Abstract This presentation is divided into two distinct parts, the latter building of the first. Session one is designed to promote a discussion around what Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) really is. Many people are talking about SOA and most define it by relating it to a concrete implementation such as web services. The session justifies a new approach chartered by the OASIS SOA Reference Model Technical Committee to define SOA abstract of any specific implementation. If SOA is architecture, as the name implies, it must be definable as architecture and distinct from other architectural models. A look at some of the basic concepts and common elements of all SOAandapos;s and a preliminary attempt to distill out those elements into a SOA reference model will likely be a stimulating topic. Ontologistandapos;s point of view will be appreciated. The second topic addresses the world of tomorrow. There is a lot of talk about what SOA can enable and what ontological work may enable. The second session invokes thoughts of a world where both concepts are ubiquitous and looks at what is possible by adding in other concepts such as Event - Causality programming, the Blackboard AI pattern over a distributed SOA infrastructure and how mechanical intelligence could be bestowed upon applications that someday may acquire true cognitive capabilities.