Compatibility checking of heterogeneous web service policies using VDM++

Quan Z. Sheng, Jian Yu, Zakaria Maamar, Wei Jiang, Xitong Li

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Abstract

Web service policies capture the capabilities and requirements of Web services from both functional and nonfunctional perspectives. Policies of a Web service govern and ensure the runtime consistency of the service, i.e., people or services interacting with this service are only allowed to perform legitimate actions. When composing Web services, policies of the participated Web services have to be compatible in order to make sensible compositions. Unfortunately, due to heterogeneity of policy specification languages, it is difficult to compare policies of different Web services directly. In this paper, we propose an approach for compatibility checking of Web service policies specified in difference languages. In particular, our approach applies the model-oriented specification from the Vienna Development Method (VDM++). An executable formal model of policy languages is represented in VDM++ and different policies are then translated to this VDM++ model for compatibility checking. Our approach has been validated by a prototype with different Web service policy languages such as WSPL and WS-Policy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings
Subtitle of host publication2009 IEEE Congress on Services, SERVICES 2009
EditorsLiang-Jie Zhang
Place of PublicationLos Alamitos, California
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages821-828
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9780769538129
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
EventSERVICES 2009 - 5th 2009 World Congress on Services - Bangalore, India
Duration: 21 Sept 200925 Sept 2009

Other

OtherSERVICES 2009 - 5th 2009 World Congress on Services
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityBangalore
Period21/09/0925/09/09

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