Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method to facilitate the creation and management of service candidates in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request for an action concerning a service candidate associated with a SOA service model, and displaying a user interface corresponding to the requested action. The method further includes receiving user input for the service candidate via the user interface, and updating the SOA service model based on the requested action and the received user input for the service candidate.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method to facilitate the creation and management of service composition candidates in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). In one embodiment, the method includes receiving user input pertaining to a composition candidate associated with service candidates in a SOA service model, and updating the SOA service model based on the user input.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for tracking and enforcing the integrity of relationships between service-oriented candidates in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) service model according to SOA design principles and paradigms. Each service-oriented component can be any one of a service candidate, a service operation candidate or a composition candidate associated with multiple service candidates. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving user input identifying relationships between service-oriented components of the SOA service model, and updating the SOA service model based on the user input. The method further includes receiving a user request pertaining to at least one service-oriented component, determining one or more relationships associated with the component based on the SOA service model, and displaying the relationships to a user.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method to facilitate the display and management of composition candidates in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a user request to view one or more composition candidates from a composition candidate inventory in a SOA service model, and displaying the composition candidate inventory to the user in a user interface.