随着电子商务的迅速崛起, 基于Web 的应用模式迅速发展, Web 应用从局部化发展到全球化,
从B2C (business-to-customer) 发展到B2B (business-to-business), 从集中式发展到分布式 …

Abstract Service-oriented computing (SOC) represents a paradigm for building distributed
computing applications over the Internet. In the past decade, Web services composition has …

In previous chapters we have discussed the architecture of information systems (Chapter 1),
middleware and enterprise application integration (Chapters 2 and 3), and the basics of …

The process-driven composition of Web services is emerging as a promising approach to
integrate business applications within and across organizational boundaries. In this …

Due to the web services' heterogeneous nature, which stems from the definition of several
XML-based standards to overcome platform and language dependence, web services have …

Business-to-Business (B2B) technologies pre-date the Web. They have existed for at least
as long as the Internet. B2B applications were among the first to take advantage of advances …

As web services become more prevalent, tools will be needed to help users find, filter and
integrate these services. Composing existing services to obtain new functionality will prove …

Web services are new forms of Internet software that can be universally deployed and
invoked using standard protocols. Services from different providers can be integrated into a …

Business-to-business (B2B) integration is a buzzword which has been used a lot in recent
years, with a variety of meanings. Starting with a clear technical definition of this term and its …

Web services are emerging as a promising technology for effectively automating
interorganizational interactions. However, despite the growing interest, several issues …