This document provides an overview of service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles including standardized service contracts, service reusability, service discoverability, loose coupling between services, and service autonomy. It discusses key SOA concepts like service composition, decomposition, and how individual services can be combined to automate business processes. Implementation requires services to be developed following standards like web services and use of frameworks to ensure reliability, security, and management of interactions between composed services. Overall, the document aims to translate SOA principles into practice by demonstrating how services can work together through composition.
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