Semantics and extensions of WS-Agreement

Journal of Software

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-31

  Frankova, Ganna ^a   Malfatti, Daniela ^a   Aiello, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quality of Service; Service Level Agreement; Service Oriented Computing; Web Services

Indexed keywords

FORMAL DEFINITION; NON FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS; SERVICE LEVELS; SERVICE ORIENTED COMPUTING; SERVICE PROVIDER; WS-AGREEMENT;

QUALITY OF SERVICE; SEMANTICS; WEB SERVICES; WEBSITES;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 35248901914     PISSN: 1796217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jsw.1.1.23-31     Document Type: Article

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