Semi-Automatic Distribution Pattern Modeling of Web Service Compositions using Semantics

Enterprise systems are frequently built by combining a number of discrete Web services together, a process termed composition. There are a number of architectural configurations or distribution patterns, which express how a composed system is to be deployed. Previously, we presented a Model Driven Architecture using UML 2.0, which took existing service interfaces as its input and generated an executable Web service composition, guided by a distribution pattern model. In this paper, we propose using Web service semantic descriptions in addition to Web service interfaces, to assist in the semi-automatic generation of the distribution pattern model. Web services described using semantic languages, such as OWL-S, can be automatically assessed for compatibility and their input and output messages can be mapped to each other.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: EDOC
• Authors: Ronan Barrett, Claus Pahl
• Keywords: Distribution Pattern, Distribution Pattern Model, EDOC 2006, Operating System, Web Services