At the core of Service Oriented Architectures currently deployed in businesses and governments is the ability to compose or coordinate various pieces of applications - legacy and novel - that may be developed on different platforms and languages, provide different interfaces, and be managed by different owners. We use the term "composability" to denote this quality.

This symposium addresses the various technical and business facets of composability in SOA. This symposium will be an opportunity for both researchers and business practitioners to share their challenges, best practices and experiences. It will also be a forum where technology architects provide a fair assessment of the current status of composability standards and implementations, including opportunities for improvement and potential obstacles.

pieces of applications - legacy and novel - that may be developed on different platforms and languages, provide different interfaces, and be managed by different owners. We use the term "composability" to denote this quality. This symposium addresses the various technical and business facets of composability in SOA. This symposium will be an opportunity for both researchers and business practitioners to share their challenges, best practices and experiences. It will also be a forum where technology architects provide a fair assessment of the current status of composability standards and implementations, including opportunities for improvement and potential obstacles. The event will consist of two-days of sessions, pre-conference tutorials, exhibits, and sponsor workshops -- http://events.oasis-open.org/home/symposium/2008/