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Design message and service definitions based on energy industry CIM standards

There is little guidance on adapting the energy industry Common Information Model (IEC's CIM) to message and service definitions for SOA messaging for utilities. This process uses Rational Software Architect extensions to guide you in creating definitions that are based on the CIM. More >

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Design models of RESTful web services with Rational Software Architect
After you learn how to use the new REST modeling features in Rational Software Architect, you can create UML models that illustrate RESTful web service plans. This model-of-a-model approach makes explaining your project far easier and clearer. The model can also be part of documentation.
Using models to design business processes and services
In this overview of designing business processes and services, the author highlights the roles and tools involved, workflows that software architects can use, and the advantages of using modeling tools to assemble the elements.
Toward a Basic Profile for Linked Data
While using Linked Data as an application integration technology in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), IBM found several ways of applying the existing W3C standards, yet little guidance on how to combine them. Two top IBM experts offer best practices and propose a Basic Profile for Linked Data.
Evolutionary architecture with Rational Software Architect v8
Download the e-book from the author's blog Pragmatic architecture: Perspective on software engineering.
Track design changes dynamically through BIRT
Keeping the software design documents in sync with the code throughout software development is one of the biggest challenges for architects and designers. Keep them consistent by using Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) to get reports from Rational Software Architect design models.

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