An Overview of Software Engineering Approaches to Service Oriented Architectures in Various Fields

For the last few years, a rise has been observed in research activity in Service Oriented Architectures, with applications in different sectors. Several new technologies have been introduced and even more are being currently researched and aimed to the future. In this paper we present and analyze some of the most influential approaches from a software engineer's point of view that belong either to the academic or to the industrial field. Despite their differences though, all of these approaches share a service oriented mentality, with the purpose of lessening the issues of clients and companies, students and teachers, citizens and government employees alike. Lastly, we discuss our findings from the comparison and present possible new research opportunities for the immediate future.