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3.1 Data: Business Objects and SDO
In any system where heterogeneous components exchange data, there must be
an agreed upon data structure or format so that each component knows what to
send and what to expect in return.
In Chapter 1, “Introduction and adapter overview” on page 3, we discuss Service
Component Architecture (SCA) and touch upon Service Data Object (SDO)
slightly. In this section, we discuss SCA in greater detail. We also discuss the
concept of business objects. Business objects are the second architectural
construct of an SOA (see Figure 3-1). Business data that is exchanged in an
integrated application ...