Modelling web service composition with UML 2.0. (14th February 2005)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bauer, Bernhard; Huget, Marc-Philippe
• Is Part Of: International journal of Web engineering and technology. Volume 1:Number 4(2005)
• Page Start: 484
• Page End: 501
• Publication Date: 2005-02-14
• Subjects: web services -- web service choreography -- web service composition languages -- UML -- business process modelling -- MDA -- enterprise integration; World Wide Web -- Periodicals; Web site development -- Periodicals; Application software -- Development -- Periodicals; 006.7
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-1289

Abstract

Web services and web service composition languages for web service choreography are becoming more and more important in the area of inter-enterprise integration. A huge amount of work has been done in the area of web service composition languages. However, the aspects of modelling these specific kinds of software systems have not been studied in detail, in contrast to the definition of business processes where a lot of well-known techniques exist. In this paper, we show how the usage of UML 2.0 and agent specific extensions of it can contribute to the specification of web service choreography. We will start by introducing the notion of web services and web service compositions languages. Then we show how business processes can be specified using UML 2.0 in general by a small case study. Next these business processes are refined to the level of negotiation and processes between web services.