Evolving services from a contractual perspective

V. Andrikopoulos; S. Benbernou; M. Papazoglou

Evolving services from a contractual perspective

V. Andrikopoulos, S. Benbernou, M. Papazoglou

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Abstract

In an environment of constant change, driven by competition and innovation, a service can rarely remain stable - especially when it depends on other services to fulfill its functionality. However, uncontrolled changes can easily break the existing relationships between a service and its environment (its customers and providers). In this paper we present an approach that allows for the controlled evolution of a service by leveraging the loosely-coupled nature of the SOA paradigm. More specifically, we formalize the notion of contracts between interacting services that enable their independent evolution and we investigate under which criteria can changes to a contract-bound service, or even to the contract itself, be transparent to the environment of the service.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 21st international Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering
Editors	J. Mylopoulos, W.M.P. van Aalst, R. Salay
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	290-304
ISBN (Print)	9783642021435
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Software services and systems (S-Cube)
Papazoglou, M. (Researcher), Fairchild, A. M. (Researcher), Kratz, B. (Researcher), Parkin, M. S. (Researcher) & Mancioppi, M. (Researcher)
1/03/08 → 1/03/12
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Andrikopoulos, V., Benbernou, S., & Papazoglou, M. (2009). Evolving services from a contractual perspective. In J. Mylopoulos, W. M. P. van Aalst, & R. Salay (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st international Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (pp. 290-304). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Springer Verlag. http://infolab.uvt.nl/pub/andrikopoulosv-2009-124.pdf

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Andrikopoulos, V, Benbernou, S & Papazoglou, M 2009, Evolving services from a contractual perspective. in J Mylopoulos, WMP van Aalst & R Salay (eds), Proceedings of the 21st international Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 290-304. <http://infolab.uvt.nl/pub/andrikopoulosv-2009-124.pdf>

Evolving services from a contractual perspective. / Andrikopoulos, V.; Benbernou, S.; Papazoglou, M.
Proceedings of the 21st international Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering. ed. / J. Mylopoulos; W.M.P. van Aalst; R. Salay. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2009. p. 290-304 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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