Chapter 3. Integration Design Guide

Table of Contents

Ikasan from 20,000 feet
Ikasan from 10,000 feet
Source Flow Constructs
Target Flow Constructs
Module Flows Example
Ikasan Constructs
Component Constructs
Data Constructs
Modules Constructs

Design Guide for integration pieces with Ikasan

Ikasan from 20,000 feet

Ikasan was originally born out of addressing integration issues within Financial Services where guaranteed once-only data delivery is paramount. The central premise for Ikasan can simply be defined as the provision of robust and adaptable integration solutions which expose the business artefacts, whilst isolating the application's specifics. The intention here is for Ikasan to take care of the issues that are peripheral to the business such as application and data integration to allow the presentation of business entities through common constructs and services. The business user should be able to focus on the core issue of business data orchestration.The diagram below demonstrates takes a view of Ikasan from 20,000 feet and shows how Ikasan modules relate to applications for integration of business data.