SODA: Service-oriented device architecture

Leveraging existing and emerging standards from both the embedded-device and IT domains within a Service-Oriented Device Architecture (SODA) has been proposed to eliminate the complexity and cost associated with integrating devices into highly distributed enterprise systems. SODA is an adaptation of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) which integrates business systems through a set of services that can be reused and combined to address changing business priorities. The SODA approach to designing and building distributed software is to integrate a wide range of physical devices into distributed IT enterprise systems. SODA, at the simplest level allows programmers to deal with sensors and actuators just as business services are used in enterprise SOAs. SODA focuses on the boundary layer between the physical and digital realms and aims to provide higher-level abstractions of the physical realms. Its also aims to insulate enterprise system developers from the standards device interfaces.