Ebook: Architecture and Governance for Communication Services

Communication services are evolving at an unprecedented rate. No longer limited to interpersonal vocal communication, they now integrate functions such as address books, content sharing and messaging. The emergence of social networks - which may also include these features - is an important element of this transformation. Content services are becoming flagship services themselves, and are sometimes paired up with conversation services. The boundaries between different services are becoming less and less distinct. This book meets the need for a better understanding of communication services.;Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Describing Service Architectures; 1.1. The telecommunications community; 1.1.1. The service and global functional planes of the intelligent network; 1.1.2. From TINA to the NGN; 1.1.3. The OMA and the concept of the enabler; 1.2. The Web community; 1.2.1. Web services as fundamental structural units; 1.2.2. Semantic description of resources; 1.2.3. Semantic description of Web services; 1.3. The IT community; 1.3.1. Service-oriented architectures; 1.3.2. The concept of view.