SoaML and UPIA Model Integration for Secure Distributed SOA Clouds

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) specifies the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) for military architecture models. Industry typically uses different modeling tools, including the Unified Modeling Language. There are many modeling techniques for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). DoDAF supports SOA through DoDAF version 2.0. Industry supports SOA through several toolsets including UML Profile-based Integrated Architecture (UPIA) and the SOA modeling language (SoaML). This paper presents background information on SOA modeling techniques and some methods to transition between DoD and commercial tools. Variables and metrics for analysis in SOA models are presented. UPIA is advanced as a means to transition between DoDAF 2.0 and SoaML. SoaML is rendered within UPIA models to help address potential future DoD initiatives for implementation of SOA within cloud architectures. This paper advances methods for industry-to-DoDAF model integration for secure distributed SOA clouds and provides background on defense and industry modeling techniques for enterprise-class SOA.