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 …

We describe an architectural approach to achieving the goals of autonomic computing. The
architecture that we outline describes interfaces and behavioral requirements for individual …

Web services make information and software available programmatically via the Internet and
may be used as building blocks for applications. A composite web service is one that is built …

Process oriented workflow systems and e-business applications require transactional
support in order to orchestrate loosely coupled services into cohesive units of work and …

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

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

One increasingly important technique for improving system dependability is to provide
mechanisms for a system to adapt at run time in order to accommodate varying resources …

For Web services to expand across the Internet, users need to be able to efficiently access
and share Web services. The authors present a query infrastructure that treats Web services …

This paper proposes a solution based on forward error recovery, oriented towards providing
dependability of composite Web services. While exploiting their possible support for fault …

The development of new web services by composition of existing services is becoming an
extensive approach. This has resulted in transactions that span in multiple web services …