In this paper we evolve a rule based approach to SLA representation and management which allows separating the contractual business logic from the application logic and enables aut...
A formal framework for software development and analysis is presented, which aims at reducing the gap between formal specification and implementation by integrating the two and al...
As the IT industry is becoming more and more interested in service oriented business models and upcoming technologies like Web Services or Grid Computing, the need for automated c...
The Inscape Environment research project addresses issues in supporting the development of large systems by large numbers of programmers. One aspect of this research is the ‘‘...
During the life cycle of an XML application, both schemas and queries may change from one version to another. Schema evolutions may affect query results and potentially the validi...