The Web service selection phase is usually driven only by functional requirements. Non
functional requirements, such as quality of service, should be negotiated by the service …

Web services are emerging as a promising technology for the effective automation of inter-
organizational interactions. However, despite the growing interest, several issues still need …

Abstract Service-oriented architectures and Web services mature and have become more
widely accepted and used by industry. This growing adoption increased the demands for …

Digital libraries (DLs) have eluded definitional consensus and lack agreement on common
theories and frameworks. This makes comparison of DLs extremely difficult, promotes ad …

Such concurrent systems as Web services and workflow systems can be viewed as a
composition of a set of subsystems. Subsystems interact with each other through a set of …

A recent trend in E-business is the deployment of a variety of web services by product and
service vendors to facilitate B2B and B2C E-commerce. To utilize these web services …

Web services are software components that can be accessed across the Internet. Workflows
of Web services are a set of Web services that are executed in a structured way. This chapter …

Nowadays I feel the only constant is change; don't you think it's strange? While we–as
nations–fight for freedom, I think we are–as individuals–imprisoned, or at least held captive …

Traditional, centralized orchestration of composite Web services often leads to inefficient
routing of messages. To solve this problem, we present a novel scheme to execute …