Title: Towards a service composition and enactment platform

Authors: Dominik Kuropka, Mathias Weske

Addresses: Business Process Technology, Hasso Plattner Institute for IT Systems Engineering, University of Potsdam, Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straβe 2-3, Potsdam 14482, Germany. ' Business Process Technology, Hasso Plattner Institute for IT Systems Engineering, University of Potsdam, Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straβe 2-3, Potsdam 14482, Germany

Abstract: Service-oriented software architectures that are aware of business processes will form the core of operational IT landscapes in the future. This contribution starts with a brief introduction of the state of the art in service-oriented architectures. The authors argue that semantically rich descriptions of services are essential to tap the full potential of service-oriented architectures in enterprise environments. This regards matchmaking and binding of services, integration of new services as well as the cost-efficient development of added value services by composing semantically described basic services. This paper introduces a semantic service platform that implements dynamic matchmaking, composition and binding of semantically described services. Finally its functionality and a possible application scenario are outlined.

Keywords: service-oriented architecture; SOA; service platforms; semantic services; service composition.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBPIM.2007.015134

International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management, 2007 Vol.2 No.2, pp.102 - 108

Published online: 18 Sep 2007 *

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