The following table lists the acronyms used in this documentation :

• API : Application Programming Interface
• BC : Binding Component
• CBD : Component Based Development
• EDA : Event Driven Architecture
• ESB : Entreprise Service Bus
• JBI : Java Business Integration
• JCP : Java Community Process
• JMS : Java Messaging Service
• JNDI : Java Naming and Directory interface
• JSR : Java Specification Request
• LDAP : Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
• NMR : Normalized Message Router
• SA : Service Assembly
• SE : Service Engine
• SL : Shared library
• SLA : Service Level Agreement
• SOA : Service Oriented Architecture
• SOAP : Simple Object Access Protocol
• SPI : Service Provider Interface
• SU : Service Unit
• WS : Web Service
• WSDL : Web Service Description Language
• WSDM : Web Service Distributed Management