Article: Data on the Outside vs. Data on the Inside
Released on MSDN .NET Architecture Center
Data on the Outside vs. Data on the Inside
An Examination of the Impact of Service Oriented Architectures on Data
By Pat Helland
Microsoft Corporation
Summary: Pat Helland explores Service Oriented Architecture, and the differences between data inside and data outside the service boundary. Additionally, he examines the strengths and weaknesses of objects, SQL, and XML as different representations of data, and compares and contrasts these models. (26 printed pages)
Contents
Introduction
The Shift Towards Services
Assumptions About Service Oriented Architecture
Outside Data: Sending Messages
Outside Data: Reference Data
Data on the Inside
Data: Then and Now
Representations of Data: Inside and Outside
Conclusion
