Title: A user-centric Mashuped SOA

Authors: Meriem Benhaddi; Karim Baïna; El Hassan Abdelwahed

Addresses: Faculty of Science Semlalia, Department of Computer Science, University of Cadi Ayyad, Prince My Abdellah Boulevard, Marrakesh, BP 2390, 40000, Morocco. ' University of Mohammed V-Souissi, ENSIAS (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique et d'Analyse des Systèmes), Agdal-Rabat, BP 713, Morocco. ' Faculty of Science Semlalia, Department of Computer Science, University of Cadi Ayyad, Prince My Abdellah Boulevard, Marrakesh, BP 2390, 40000, Morocco

Abstract: Although SOA was successful for many years, today it has reached its limits due to many reasons including the heavy stack of standards that make difficult the creation of applications instead of simplifying it. Another major drawback is the neglect of the creative potential of the user, not involved in the life cycle of the SOA software. In this paper, we present a solution to enhance SOA, by enjoying the benefits of Web 2.0 technologies, and more particularly of mashups. First, we are interested in describing the benefits of the Mashup used with SOA, based on several case studies; then, we present the new approach for a user-centric SOA, becoming possible through a Mashup stack that contains the technologies aiming at enhancing SOA and making it user-centric for more added value to enterprises.

Keywords: service-oriented architecture; Web 2.0; mashups; user-centric SOA; end user development; composition; mixing; reuse; widgets; situational applications.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWS.2012.045812

International Journal of Web Science, 2012 Vol.1 No.3, pp.204 - 223

Published online: 21 Aug 2014 *

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