One of the typical features of distributed systems is the heterogeneity of its components (e.g. geographical spreading and different platform architectures), leading to interopera...
Tom Verdickt, Bart Dhoedt, Frank Gielen, Piet Deme...
In this paper, we discuss the various issues in designing intelligent software systems to assist worldwide-web users in locating relevant information. We identi3 a number of key c...
Joseph K. W. Lee, David Wai-Lok Cheung, Ben Kao, J...
Policy based management in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) allows organizations to apply rules and regulations on their business processes. Policy has long been employed in th...
Tan Phan, Jun Han, Jean-Guy Schneider, Tim Ebringe...
In open systems, independent services exist in administrative domains outside that of the consumers of those services. Current standards exist to create management interfaces to a...
Web services are a popular way of implementing a Service-Oriented Architecture. Testing can be used to help assure both the correctness and robustness of a web service. Because ma...