Features and benefits
IBM provides combined, integrated design-time and run-time SOA repositories to govern the service lifecycle from creation to consumption. This capability is powered by IBM Rational Asset Manager that manages information that is useful for developing, re-using and managing all types of reusable assets and IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository that manages information that is useful for the runtime operation, management and development use of services.
Store and Organize
| Design Time | Run / Deploy Time |
|---|---|
| Easily locate existing reusable assets | Publish and find your services and related information in one place |
| Create and package assets | Increase visibility of services throughout your organization |
| Fast search using categories, facets, keywords | Expose redundant and inefficient services |
| Custom categorization for assets | - |
Customize Workflow
| Design Time | Run / Deploy Time |
|---|---|
| Easily approve, review, rate and discuss assets. | Implement decision rights and processes to make changes. |
| Define workflow associated with creating and reviewing assets | Easily approve, promote, introduce and retire services. |
| Implement roles and access controls for assets at development time | Maintain test environment separate from production. |
Impact Assessment
| Design Time | Run / Deploy Time |
|---|---|
| Ratings, feedback, and statistics help in asset evaluation | Expose multiple versions of the same service |
| RSS Feeds, email and discussion groups notify users of changes to assets | Efficiently manage changes to service metadata and notify stakeholders. |
| Traceability to related assets and service implementation artifacts. | - |
Audit and Report
| Design Time | Run / Deploy Time |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive asset level reporting and metrics | Plan and assess the service lifecycle workflow itself |
| Asset Activity and Audit Reporting | Plan and assess the services and business processes managed through the service lifecycle |
| Report on assets at repository level | - |
Integral to SOA
