Service-Oriented Computing

This comprehensive text explains the principles and practice of Web services and relates all concepts to practical examples and emerging standards. Its discussions include: Ontologies Semantic web technologies Peer-to-peer service discovery Service selection Web structure and link analysis Distributed transactions Process modelling Consistency management. The application of these technologies is clearly explained within the context of planning, negotiation, contracts, compliance, privacy, and network policies. The presentation of the intellectual underpinnings of Web services draws from several key disciplines such as databases, distributed computing, artificial intelligence, and multi-agent systems for techniques and formalisms. Ideas from these disciplines are united in the context of Web services and service-based applications. Featuring an accompanying website and teacher s manual that includes a complete set of transparencies for lectures, copies of open-source software for exercises and working implementations, and resources to conduct course projects, this book makes an excellent graduate textbook. It will also prove an invaluable reference and training tool for practitioners.

This comprehensive text explains the principles and practiceof Web services and relates all concepts to practical examples andemerging standards. Its discussions include:* Ontologies* Semantic web technologies* Peer-to-peer service discovery* Service selection* Web structure and link analysis* Distributed transactions* Process modelling* Consistency management.The application of these technologies is clearlyexplained within the context of planning, negotiationcontracts, compliance, privacy, and network policies.The presentation of the intellectual underpinnings of Webservices draws from several key disciplines such as databasesdistributed computing, artificial intelligence, and multi-agentsystems for techniques and formalisms. Ideas from thesedisciplines are united in the context of Web services andservice-based applications.Featuring an accompanying website and teacher's manualthat includes a complete set of transparencies for lectures, copiesof open-source software for exercises and working implementationsand resources to conduct course projects, this book makes anexcellent graduate textbook. It will also prove an invaluablereference and training tool for practitioners.

About the Authors.Preface.Note to the Reader.Acknowledgments.Figures.Tables.Listings.I Basics.1. Computing with Services.2. Basic Standards for Web Services.3. Programming Web Services.4. Enterprise Architectures.5. Principles of Service-Oriented Computing.II Description.6. Modeling and Representation.7. Resource Description Framework.8. Web Ontology Language.9. Ontology Management.III Engagement.10. Execution Models.11. Transaction Concepts.12. Coordination Frameworks for Web Services.13. Process Specifications.14. Formal Specification and Enactment.IV Collaboration.15. Agents.16. Multiagent Systems.17. Organizations.18. Communication.V Solutions.19. Semantic Service Solutions.20. Social Service Selection.21. Economic Service Selection.VI Engineering.22. Building SOC Applications.23. Service Management.24. Security.VII Directions.25. Challenge and Extensions.VIII Appendices.Appendix A: XML and XML Schema.Appendix B: URI, URN, URL and UUID.Appendix C: XML Namespace Abbreviations.Glossary.About the Authors.Bibliography.Index.