Patterns for e-business are a group of reusable assets that can help speed the process of developing Web-based applications. This site breaks down these reusable assets into the following elements:
- Business patterns identify the interaction between users, businesses, and data. Business patterns are used to create simple, end-to-end e-business applications.
- Integration patterns connect other Business patterns together to create applications with advanced functionality. Integration patterns are used to combine Business patterns in advanced e-business applications.
- Composite patterns are combinations of Business patterns and Integration patterns that have themselves become commonly used types of e-business applications. Composite patterns are advanced e-business applications.
- Custom designs are similar to Composite patterns, as they combine Business patterns and Integration patterns to form an advanced, end-to-end solution. These solutions, however, have not been implemented to the extent of Composite patterns, but are instead developed to solve the e-business problems of one specific company, or perhaps several enterprises with similar problems.
- Application and Runtime patterns are driven by the customer's requirements and describe the shape of applications and the supporting runtime needed to build the e-business application.
- Product mappings to populate the solution. The product mappings are based on proven implementations.
- Guidelines for the design, development, deployment, and management of e-business applications.
The Patterns leverage the experience of IBM architects to create solutions quickly, whether for a small local business or a large multinational enterprise. As shown in the following figure, customer requirements are quickly translated through the different levels of Patterns assets to identify a final solution design and product mapping appropriate for the application being developed.
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/patterns/index.html
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