Tailoring information systems: An approach based on services and service composition

International Journal of Information Technology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-391

  Sotiropoulou, Anya ^a   Theotokis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspect oriented programming; Components; Object orientation; Role oriented programming; Service composition; Service description diagrams; Service oriented programming; Tailorability

Indexed keywords

COMPONENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SERVICES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

ASPECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OBJECT ORIENTATION; ROLE-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SERVICE COMPOSITION; SERVICE DESCRIPTION DIAGRAMS; SERVICE-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; TAILORABILITY;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 21244433122     PISSN: 14614111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2005.007069     Document Type: Article

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