Oracle SOA Suite 11g: Essential Concepts Training  

Service-Oriented Architecture Concepts

• Describe the challenges of enterprise application system integration
• Describe the solution for Enterprise Application Integration
• Describe Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Explain the role of the Oracle SOA Maturity Model
• Identify standards that enable SOA
• Identify basic design requirements for an SOA approach
• Explain the role of SOA governance

Implementing SOA with Oracle SOA Suite

• Discuss Oracle SOA Suite 11g components
• Describe the service components
• Define a composite application
• Explain the role of Enterprise Manager

SOA Governance and Service Life-Cycle Management

• Define service life-cycle management
• Define service management
• Identify the characteristics of service management
• Describe the need for managing services
• Define the need for and benefits of governance
• Describe the SOA governance solution

Designing Services for SOA Implementations

• Define a service and its artifacts
• Describe the various service layers and their responsibilities
• Explain the role of Extensible Markup Language (XML) schemas
• Design service interfaces with Web Services Definition Language (WSDL)
• Identify the role of adapter technology in implementing services

Creating a Composite Application

• Explain the Service Component Architecture (SCA) and its components
• Define a composite application
• Discuss components of the SCA
• Describe Service Data Objects (SDO)
• Create an SOA composite application in JDeveloper

Managing and Monitoring SOA Composite Applications

• Understand the basic administrative and monitoring tasks related to SOA composites
• Work with the Enterprise Manager (EM) Web interface
• Manage SOA composite applications from the Enterprise Manager Web interface
• Deploy and undeploy SOA composites
• Test an SOA composite application
• Track message flow through an SOA composite application

Working with Mediator Components

• Explain the Mediator component and its features
• Define business events and the Event Delivery Network (EDN)
• Create and configure a Mediator service component
• Create routing rules

Orchestrating Services with a BPEL Component

• Describe process orchestration concepts
• Define and describe Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) in relation to implementing process orchestration
• Develop a BPEL process by using the BPEL designer in JDeveloper 11g
• Describe activities, partner links, and service invocation in a BPEL process

Working with the Human Task Component

• Describe a Human Workflow task and the related concepts
• Describe a workflow as a service
• Create a Human Task component in an SOA composite and access it from a BPEL process
• Create a task form to enable users to interact with a task
• Use a Worklist application to perform actions (such as approve or reject) on an assigned task

Implementing a Business Rules Component

• Describe the needs for implementing business rules
• Define Oracle Business Rules and its features
• Create facts, rulesets, and a rule dictionary
• Develop a rule-based application by creating a Business Rule component and integrating it into a BPEL process

Securing Services and Composite Applications

• Describe Web services security
• Identify the need for security for services
• Describe Oracle Web Service Manager
• Describe the components of the Oracle Web Service Manager architecture
• Attach security policies to services