Web Services are the most famous implementation of service-oriented architectures that has
brought some challenging research issues. One of these is the composition, ie, the …

This paper presents a classification framework for workflow exception handling in the form of
patterns. This framework is independent of specific modelling approaches or technologies …

A multidatabase system (MDBS) is a facility that allows users access to data located in
multiple autonomous database management systems (DBMSs). In such a system, global …

In recent years, numerous transaction models have been proposed to address the problems
posed by advanced database applications, but only a few of these models are being used in …

Workflow is probably one of the most exciting areas of research that has emerged in the past
few years. The concepts and ideas have been around in one form or another for a long time …

Along with the standardization of Web services composition language and the widespread
acceptance of composition technologies, Web services composition is becoming an efficient …

This paper presents a classification framework for exception handling in process-aware
information systems (PAIS) based on patterns. This framework is independent of specific …

The recent evolution of Internet, driven by the Web services technology, is extending the role
of the Web from a support of information interaction to a middleware for B2B interactions …

Processes are increasingly being used to make complex application logic explicit.
Programming using processes has significant advantages but it poses a difficult problem …

Global transaction management requires cooperation from local sites to ensure the
consistent and reliable execution of global transactions in a distributed database system. In …