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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