Summary
Design of the service contract and the underpinning canonical model are fundamental steps in the overall implementation of an SOA-based solution. The keyword here is design, as it's all too easy with the tools we have at our disposal to knock out a model in order that the "real work" of implementation can begin.
In this chapter, we have given you an overview of how to go about structuring your XML canonical model, both in terms of modeling your data in a tree-like structure as well as how to partition it across multiple namespaces.
We've also given some guidance on best practice for the implementation of those schemas, whether you follow ours or define your own. The key is to put in place some standard guidelines in order to ensure consistency, ...
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