66 WebSphere and .Net Interoperability Using Web Services
In the Patterns for e-business (P4eb) method a new set of SOA patterns are
defined using the concept of an ESB. In Chapter 6, “Interoperability patterns” on
page 93 we have taken the liberty of introducing a simpler type of service bus:
the “<WS-I basic profile 1.1 compliant>” service bus.
The value of the concept is that it simplifies the use of the Patterns for e-business
(P4eb) to design solutions like the business scenarios used in this book. Rather
than show each service requestor and service provider linked in a pairwise
connection, all the service requesters and providers are connected to a common
bus.
From an architectural perspective, the value in showing Web service requesters ...