Web Service Composition Approaches: From Industrial Standards to Formal Methods

Abstract— Composition of web services is much studied to support business-to-business and enterprise application integration in e-Commerce. Current web service composition approaches range from practical languages aspiring to become standards (like BPEL, WS-CDL, OWL-S and WSMO) to theoretical models (like automata, Petri nets and process algebras). In this paper we compare these approaches w.r.t. a selected set of characteristics (like trust, security and performance) and we advocate the use of formal models, and their tool support, to increase one’s confidence in web service compositions. This paper can assist web service composition designers and developers to deliver lasting solutions, in concordance with the technology’s critical needs.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ICIW
• Authors: Maurice H. ter Beek, Antonio Bucchiarone, Stefania Gnesi
• Keywords: Composition Approaches Range, ICIW 2007, Internet Technology, Web Service, Web Service Composition