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Click [here|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/category/Governance] to view all SOA Governance content as a historical thread, or browse through the individual topics below:
h2. Conceptual
## [SOA Governance Defined|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_governance_defined] \- attempt to come up with definition that would make sense to business.
## [SOA governance - the perspectives|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_governance_the_perspectives] \- a summary of what others (analysts, customers, vendors) call Governance.
## [SOA Governance Terminology and Positioning|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_governance_terminology_and_positioning] \- a critique of existing SOA Governance terminology and attempt to introduce some improvements.
## [SOA Governance Primer|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_governance_primer] \- an household example to illustrate some key concepts and differentiators of our approach to SOA Governance.
## [Service Classification|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/service_classification] \- describes the approaches to service categorization and its importance for SOA
## [Adventures in the Magic Quadrant|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/quadrant_adventures] \- thoughts about the latest (and as far as I know, the first) Gartner's Magic Quadrant for SOA Governance and how it reminds me of my first disaster movie.
## [Carbon Dating SOA Governance|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/carbon_dating_soa_governance] \- an attempt to find out who first came up with the idea and when did it happen.
## [Demarcating between SOA Governance and ESB|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_governance_and_esb] \- a look at the similarities and the differences between SOA Governance and ESB problem domains and attempt to look at them as difference sides of the *unified service mediation function*.
## [Why Bother with SOA Governance?|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/why_bother] \- a look at the role and importance of governance today from the point of view of an SOA vendor.
## [Multiple Personalities of SOA Governance|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/multiple_personalities] \- a humorous attempt to understand the widely different perceptions of SOA Governance through psychiatric diagnosis.
h2. Architectural
## [SOA Governance Evaluation Guidelines|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_governance_evaluation_guidelines] \- general principles which might be useful when selecting or architecting a comprehensive SOA Governance Solution.
## [Aspect-Based SOA Governance|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/aspect_based_soa_governance] \- introduction and advocacy.
## [Delegated Governance|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/delegated_governance] \- introduction and advocacy.
## [Analysis-time Governance|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/analysis_time_governance] \- introduction and advocacy.
## [Service Refinement|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/service_refinement] \- introduction, use cases and advocacy.
## [Brownfield-friendly Governance|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/brownfield_friendly_governance] \- introduction and advocacy.
## [Governance Information Model|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/governance_information_model] \- overview.
## [Service Lease|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/service_lease]\- introduction, advocacy and implementation details.
## [Aspect Enforcement|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/aspect_enforcement] \- describes what *kinds* of aspects are found in an enterprise governance ecosystem, how they are used to define Governance Contracts and introduces the taxonomy of Aspect Enforcement Levels.
## [find-bind-execute|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/find_bind_execute] or what u-boats and 20-engine planes have to do with delivering on the original promise of SOA.
## [Defining an STU|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/defining_stu] \- defining the scope and requirements for an enterprise-grade Service Taxonomy Utility
## [SOA Governance 1.1 (1.2, 1.5, 2.0...)|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_governance_1_1] or *Why is it so hard for Governance products to do Service Versioning right?* \- discussion about proper service versioning fo SOA.
## [To Common Information Model, or not to ...|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/to_or_not_to] \- a discussion about the role of Governace in transitioning from JaBoWS to Enterprise SOA, the need (or lack of) for *Common Information Model*, and the difference between Governace Aspects and systemic _\-ilities_.
h1. Security
## [SOA Security Challenges|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_security_challenges] \- on importance or SOA Security and how it differs from the other kinds of IT security.
## [SOA Security Standards|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_security_standards] \- part of the solution or the problem? Probably both...
## [A Formal SOA Security Model|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_security_model] \- introduction to a formal model and notation to talk about SOA Security.
## [Security Model Details|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/security_model_details] \- part II of the description of the SOA Security Model.
## [SOA Security Vision|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/entry/soa_security_vision] \- a conclusion to \[this iteration of\] the [SOA Security Series|http://blogs.sun.com/RealSOA/category/Security] that defines a common set of requirements for a SOA Security Platform and provides some recommendations and best practices for implementing Secure SOA.
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