Abstract. This paper proposes a framework for enabling the usage of Hypermedia services by web developers, and studies the working progress that provides Hypermedia services to the Web. It investigates and analyzes the requirements that will provide web application developers with the ability of easily inserting Hypermedia functionality into their applications. A Service Discovery Mechanism for finding and using services is defined, and solutions for increasing the usage of Hypermedia systems by web developers are proposed.
Nikos Karousos, Manolis Tzagarakis, A. Tsakalidis