Taming Web Services from the Wild

  • Authors:
  • M. Brian Blake;Michael F. Nowlan

  • Affiliations:
  • Georgetown University;Georgetown University

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Internet Computing
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Service-oriented computing is about building new cross-organizational applications by combining, composing, consuming, or interconnecting existing services. So, why do most composite Web service-based systems currently rely on pre-established relationships that aren't created by automated, dynamic discovery and integration? One perceived reason is the inconsistency in service-based interface descriptions and message names. Here, the authors investigate whether human nature — specifically, software developers' tendencies to name service descriptions in significantly consistent ways — can provide syntactical methods for service discovery.