TOWARDS A CONTEXTUAL MODEL-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT APPROACH FOR WEB SERVICES

Zakaria Maamar, Karim Bäına, Djamal Benslimane, Nanjangud C. Narendra, Mehdi Chelbabi

2006

Abstract

This paper discusses how we develop and apply a contextual model-driven approach to Web services. A Web service is defined using WSDL, posted on an UDDI registry, and invoked through a SOAP request. To deploy adaptable Web services, we consider the environment in which these Web services operate. This environment’s features exist in a structure, which we refer to as context. By adopting a contextual model-driven approach, we aim at developing contextual specifications of Web services. To this end ContextUML, an extension of UML through UMLProfile, permits developing these contextual specifications.

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Maamar Z., Bäına K., Benslimane D., C. Narendra N. and Chelbabi M. (2006). TOWARDS A CONTEXTUAL MODEL-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT APPROACH FOR WEB SERVICES . In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-43-6, pages 78-85. DOI: 10.5220/0002442000780085


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@conference{iceis06,
author={Zakaria Maamar and Karim Bäına and Djamal Benslimane and Nanjangud C. Narendra and Mehdi Chelbabi},
title={TOWARDS A CONTEXTUAL MODEL-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT APPROACH FOR WEB SERVICES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2006},
pages={78-85},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002442000780085},
isbn={978-972-8865-43-6},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - TOWARDS A CONTEXTUAL MODEL-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT APPROACH FOR WEB SERVICES
SN - 978-972-8865-43-6
AU - Maamar Z.
AU - Bäına K.
AU - Benslimane D.
AU - C. Narendra N.
AU - Chelbabi M.
PY - 2006
SP - 78
EP - 85
DO - 10.5220/0002442000780085