"You can start from a framework and for some organizations it will save a great deal of development time," O'Grady said.

Over time the catalog is expected to include more than 3,000 templates, tools, and reusable Web service code, according to Carter.

Among the resources included at its inception are the IBM Information Framework Process Models, which are financial services models for regulatory alignment and workflow automation through best practices.

Others include an insurance application architectural blueprint, a WebSphere Business Modeler for industry specific projects, and a WebSphere DataStage TX Industry Pack for HL7 to integrate health care data formats with legacy infrastructures.

Some of the resources, all of which use SOA standards, will be free and open source while some have fees attached.