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whitepaper A Top-Down Approach to Modeling Global Behaviors of Web Services2008-01-01 University of California
  Due to the distributed nature of modern composite web services, designers are facing new challenges in both requirement specification as well as logic validation. This paper proposes a top-down design/verification strategy that helps construct composite web services to meet preset system goals. The key to this approach is to specify desired global behaviors with a "Conversation protocol" and verify preset system goals on the global protocol. Then peer implementations are synthesized from the conversation protocol. Three realizability conditions are provided to guarantee that the composition of synthesized peers will satisfy the previously verified system goals.   
whitepaper IG-JADE-PKSlib: An Agent-Based Framework for Advanced Web Service Composition and Provisioning2008-01-01 York University
  This paper describes an agent-based infrastructure and toolkit to develop inter-operable, intelligent, multi-agent systems for Web Service Composition (WSC) and provisioning. The toolkit is realized through an interface library (IG-JADE-PKSlib) that combines state of the art agent-based and planning technologies (i.e., the IndiGolog model-based agent programming language, the JADE agent platform, and the PKS planning system). The paper shows that each of these tools has its strengths and weaknesses, but combined together, they provide a very powerful toolkit. The paper argues that this infrastructure is particularly well suited for developing next generation Web Services (WS) applications.

Tags: Web Services, Application Development		   
whitepaper Enabling Web Service Extensions for Scientific Workflows2008-01-01 Indiana University
  Web Services have become an integral part of workflow orchestration in scientific applications and many tools used by scientists including Kepler, Taverna and Triana incorporate Web Services. However orchestration of complex workflows that involve services that exploit standards like WS-Addressing or WS-Security are not easily managed by these tools. Most complex use cases that involve "Add on" service standards use implementation specific assumptions, and as a result, the services and workflow composers become tightly coupled. This leads to stove-piped, non-interoperable implementations. This paper describes an effort to implement complex use cases that include asynchronous messaging and WS-Security, for a large application project called LEAD, while maintaining standard conformance and composer simplicity.

Tags: Web Services		   
whitepaper CsoundXML: A Meta-Language in XML for Sound Synthesis2008-01-01 Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  The software sound synthesis is closely related to the Music N programs started with Music I in 1957. Although Music N has many advantages such as unit generators and a flexible score language, it presents a few problems like limitations on instrument reuse, inflexibility of use of parameters, lack of a built-in graphical interface, and usually only one paradigm for scores. Some solutions concentrate in new from-scratch Music N implementations, while others focus in building user tools like pre-processors and graphical utilities. Nevertheless, new implementations in general focus in specific groups of problems leaving others unsolved. The user tools solve only one problem with no connection with others. This paper investigates the problem of creating a meta-language for sound synthesis.

Tags: Programming Languages, Web Services		   
whitepaper Discovery of Web Services With a P2P Network2008-01-01 University of Passau
  In the concept of Web Services, Universal Description, Discovery and Integration is still the weakest part. As a central instance, it does not easily scale to a growing number of users and lacks acceptance by the industry. In Peer-to-Peer Networks, which are highly popular, discovery of resources is one of the strongest parts. A central registry is not required when integrating Web Services in a Peer-to-Peer network. Each Web Service is responsible for itself and the Peer-to-Peer Network provides the framework for discovery, publication and registration of Web Services. This paper shows, how both technologies t together and gives details on both structure and design of the Peer-to-Peer network.

Tags: Web Services		   
whitepaper Gartner Analyst paper: Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology Sets, 20072007-12-31 IBM
  Good governance of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) is becoming a core competency. This Gartner Research Note, presented here by IBM, examines the market for SOA governance through a set of integrated technologies. While no vendor yet offers a best-in-class service-oriented architecture governance technology set, best of breed is preferable to best of brand, when technologies coming from different vendors are reasonably well-integrated.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Web Services, Strategic Planning, Service-Oriented Architecture		   
whitepaper Japanese Firm Combines Open XML Formats With Reader Technology, Removes Barriers to IT Usage2007-12-24 Microsoft
  Skyfish, Inc., focusing on a voice-based user-friendly interface, has released JukeDoX, a file reader software product that successfully removes the barriers to accessibility imposed by IT usage. By maximizing the application independence aspect of Open XML Formats, Skyfish has created a product whose goal is accessible reader technology: the shared use of documents and their technical base.

Tags: Web Services, Application Development		   
whitepaper Wireless Digital Picture Frame Retrieves Live Information From Windows Vista Computers2007-12-21 Microsoft Tips
  The Momento digital picture frame needed to stand out from a pack of look-alike products. To differentiate their product from a standalone digital frame, which simply reads photos from memory cards or USB keys, OEM i-mate designed a connected, services-oriented device intended for the high-end segment of the consumer electronics market. Windows Embedded CE provided built in WiFi connectivity, advanced graphics, and powerful, integrated development tools. Using Visual Studio and .NET Compact Framework to build applications and web services, i-mate completed development in four months. Today, the Momento frame not only communicates wirelessly with local computers to stream photos and other content from hard drives, it also streams pictures from the Internet and displays live information from Windows Vista systems using Windows SideShow gadget technology.

Tags: Web Services, Application Development		   
whitepaper Introducing Devices Profile for Web Services2007-12-19 Microsoft
  Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) is a Web Services profile that enables plug-and-play for networked devices. A PC or other device can detect DPWS-enabled devices on a network, then discover and invoke the Web service functionality each device provides. Its purpose is similar to Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), although it employs a Web Services model. DPWS, also called Web Services on Devices (WSD), is part of the Windows Rally technology set for network-connected devices. A DPWS client library (known as WSDAPI) is a part of Windows Vista, and DPWS-enabled devices automatically appear in the Windows Vista Network Explorer.   
whitepaper Managing Complex Reinsurance Treaties for a Large Insurance Company Using a Web Based Application2007-12-17 MindTree Consulting
  MindTree Consulting leveraged its expertise in the insurance domain to develop a web based application with a robust backend to manage and maintain complicated reinsurance treaties for a large insurance company. This application relieved the client from all paper based treaties and gave them a flexible and scalable business tool to allow quicker turn around time for signing and editing treaties. The solution also provided easy integration with other claims and underwriting applications within the company serving as a centralized repository for all treaty information.

Tags: Application Development		   


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