Mashups are a new kind of interactive Web application, built out of the composition of two or more existing Web service APIs and data sources. Whereas “pure” mashups are built ...
: As data and services are increasingly distributed in the network, rather than stored in a fixed location, one can imagine a scenario in which the Personal Computer, intended as a...
Abstract—Bringing heterogeneous devices like industrial machines, home appliances, and wireless sensors into the Web assumes the usage of well-defined standards and protocols. O...
Modern applications are designed in multiple tiers to separate concerns. Since each tier may run at a separate location, middleware is required to mediate access between tiers. Ho...
In a service-oriented architecture, software services interact by means of message exchanges that follow certain patterns documented in the form of behavioural interfaces. As any s...