Towards a semantic- and context-based approach for composing web services

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

International Journal of Web and Grid Services

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Abstract

Despite the widespread adoption of web services, several obstacles still hinder their smooth automatic composition. First, techniques that exploit semantic information during web services discovery are still lagging behind despite multiple initiatives like OWL-S. Second, the context in which web services evolve is, to a certain extent, ignored. This prevents deploying adaptable web services. In this paper, we propose a semantic- and context-based approach for web services composition. By semantics, we mean the capacity of web services, which are engaged in interactions, to understand what these interactions are about and how to carry out these interactions. By context, we mean the capacity of web services to assess their current capabilities and ongoing commitments before these services participate in any composition. © 2005 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

ISSN

1741-1106

Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

Volume

1

Issue

3-4

First Page

268

Last Page

286

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Keywords

composition, context, ontology, semantics, web services

Scopus ID

34247571615

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Green: A manuscript of this publication is openly available in a repository

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