14 Patterns: Extended Enterprise SOA and Web Services
2.2 How to use the Patterns for e-business
As described in the previous section, the Patterns for e-business have a layered
structure where each layer builds detail on the last. At the highest layer are
Business patterns. These describe the entities involved in the e-business
solution.
Composite patterns appear in the hierarchy shown in Figure 2-1 on page 13
above the Business patterns. However, Composite patterns are made up of a
number of individual Business patterns and at least one Integration pattern. This
section discusses how to use the layered structure of Patterns for e-business
assets.
2.2.1 Selecting a Business, Integration, Composite pattern,
or a Custom design
When faced with ...