An architecture and a method for web services design: towards the realisation of service-oriented computing

International Journal of Web and Grid Services

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-147

  Baghdadi, Youcef ^a   Nasser Al Rawahi, Najla ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Muscat Municipality   (Oman)

Author keywords

architecture; business oriented approaches; comparison study; desirable properties of web services development; IT oriented approaches; method; Service Oriented Computing (SOC); web services

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448992269     PISSN: 17411106     EISSN: 17411114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWGS.2006.010804     Document Type: Article

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42. This paper deals only with the design process. Models, language, notation and CASE tools will extend this work if FIDA, UML, E~R cannot be reused.