Service-level enforcement in web-services-based systems

International Journal of Web and Grid Services

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-154

  Stantchev, Vladimir ^a   Schröpfer, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Architectural translucency; Nonfunctional properties; Service levels; Web services

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; WEBSITES;

ARCHITECTURAL TRANSLUCENCY; BUSINESS PROCESS EXECUTION LANGUAGE; BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT; ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE; NON FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; REFERENCE PROCESS MODELS; SERVICE LEVEL OBJECTIVE; SERVICE LEVELS;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 68649117896     PISSN: 17411106     EISSN: 17411114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWGS.2009.027571     Document Type: Article

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