Preface

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This Document

This document is the Technical Standard for the SOA Governance Framework. It has been developed by the SOA Governance project of The Open Group SOA Working Group.

BS ISO/IEC 17998:2012

Information technology. SOA Governance Framework

Current

Published:

30 Sep 2012