Though there are no specifications or standards that are comprehensive of SOA principles, we can define some tenets as a core principle of SOA that helps to realize all the characteristics of SOA. Adherence to these principles is evident to stand up any service and for its consumptions.
We will touch upon those principles rather briefly in this section, and in addition to that, there is a handy matrix that depicts relationships of the SOA life cycle, characteristics, and principles at the end of this chapter.