Adaptive Web Services for Modular and Reusable Software Development: Tactics and Solution
Introduction
Web services provide a successful way to communicate distributed applications, in a platform independent and
loosely coupled manner, providing systems with great flexibility and easier
maintenance. In this sense, they are modular applications, which are
self-descriptive and can be published, located and invoked from any point on the
network. However, even though there are good procedures for the design,
development and management of Web services, there are scopes in which Web
service adaptation is required. Service adaptations should be implemented
appropriately, so that the loosely coupled nature of Web services is maintained,
as well as allowing the implementation’s integration in the whole service
lifecycle.
loosely coupled manner, providing systems with great flexibility and easier
maintenance. In this sense, they are modular applications, which are
self-descriptive and can be published, located and invoked from any point on the
network. However, even though there are good procedures for the design,
development and management of Web services, there are scopes in which Web
service adaptation is required. Service adaptations should be implemented
appropriately, so that the loosely coupled nature of Web services is maintained,
as well as allowing the implementation’s integration in the whole service
lifecycle.
Objective of the Book
The main aim of this publication is to collect and compile the
most representative approaches in current research which tackle the different
faces of Web service adaptation. In this regard, readers will be able to acquire
a panoramic overview of existing solutions for service adaptation in different
development scopes. In this sense, the book would have a twofold purpose, not
only as background reading on service adaptation, but also as a reference book
in the search for adaptation solutions to service software engineering problems.
Therefore the book´s target is to compile high quality approaches on the
different aspects of service adaptation in order to cover the wide spectrum of
challenges which emerge in this area under different scenarios. Chapters should
provide good quality proposals from both novel and well-established proposals,
with solid base and a thorough description of the adaptation problem they deal
with and how they tackle it. Challenges and open issues for future work will
also be an important part of chapter contents, which can encourage prospective
interested researchers to work on this relevant area of
knowledge.
most representative approaches in current research which tackle the different
faces of Web service adaptation. In this regard, readers will be able to acquire
a panoramic overview of existing solutions for service adaptation in different
development scopes. In this sense, the book would have a twofold purpose, not
only as background reading on service adaptation, but also as a reference book
in the search for adaptation solutions to service software engineering problems.
Therefore the book´s target is to compile high quality approaches on the
different aspects of service adaptation in order to cover the wide spectrum of
challenges which emerge in this area under different scenarios. Chapters should
provide good quality proposals from both novel and well-established proposals,
with solid base and a thorough description of the adaptation problem they deal
with and how they tackle it. Challenges and open issues for future work will
also be an important part of chapter contents, which can encourage prospective
interested researchers to work on this relevant area of
knowledge.
Target Audience
The target audience of this book will cover a wide spectrum of
software engineers, from senior and young researchers at the academia to
research and development divisions at industry. The interest of the book for
academics is evident: researchers, assistants and professors seek novel and open
research fields such as service adaptation; this book will offer this community
the chance of having, the most relevant recent literature on the topic in
question in a single publication, benefitting from gratifying reading which will
provide them both with extensive knowledge of the state of the art of service
adaptation as well as on open issues for further research. On the other hand,
industry always keeps an eye on the latest research results, especially on such
a dynamic topic as software engineering and moreover on service engineering
development. Research divisions from the top ten software industries spend
considerable resources on service-related research and, therefore, this book
will also be useful for this purpose, not only for them to be aware of what the
research in the area is moving towards, but also to let them attempt to include
new development ideas in the coming industry software tools.
software engineers, from senior and young researchers at the academia to
research and development divisions at industry. The interest of the book for
academics is evident: researchers, assistants and professors seek novel and open
research fields such as service adaptation; this book will offer this community
the chance of having, the most relevant recent literature on the topic in
question in a single publication, benefitting from gratifying reading which will
provide them both with extensive knowledge of the state of the art of service
adaptation as well as on open issues for further research. On the other hand,
industry always keeps an eye on the latest research results, especially on such
a dynamic topic as software engineering and moreover on service engineering
development. Research divisions from the top ten software industries spend
considerable resources on service-related research and, therefore, this book
will also be useful for this purpose, not only for them to be aware of what the
research in the area is moving towards, but also to let them attempt to include
new development ideas in the coming industry software tools.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the
following:
following:
Context adaptation: implementing context-aware services, modeling
context-aware services, context-aware servers and
deliver
context-aware services, context-aware servers and
deliver
Device adaptation: services adapted
for multiple types of device, mobile-aware services, model-aware
services
User Preferences Adaptation:
services adapted for mobile user preferences, services adapted for preferences
in the Web, software as a service and multitenancy
adaptation
Adaptation for Composition: semantic
adaptation for composition, mediation services (adaptors), dynamic adaptation
for composition
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 15, 2011, a 2-3 page chapter proposal – Word
format- clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter to
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chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by October 15, 2011. All
submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors
may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Further information can be found at
the book website: http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/authoreditorresources/callforbookchapters/callforchapterdetails.aspx?callforcontentid=d470d1e9-0285-43d1-9eb8-6f796d9610a7
format- clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter to
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chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by October 15, 2011. All
submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors
may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Further information can be found at
the book website: http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/authoreditorresources/callforbookchapters/callforchapterdetails.aspx?callforcontentid=d470d1e9-0285-43d1-9eb8-6f796d9610a7
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly
Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly
Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business
Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is
anticipated to be released in 2012.
Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly
Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business
Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is
anticipated to be released in 2012.
Editors
Guadalupe Ortiz, University of Cádiz, Spain
Javier Cubo, University of Málaga, Spain
Contact
Guadalupe Ortiz,
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Javier Cubo,
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Important Dates
May 15,
2011: Proposal
Submission Deadline
2011: Proposal
Submission Deadline
June 30,
2011: Notification
of Proposal Acceptance
2011: Notification
of Proposal Acceptance
October 15,
2011: Full Chapter
Submission
2011: Full Chapter
Submission
December 15,
2011: Chapter
Review Notification
2011: Chapter
Review Notification
January 31,
2012: Revised
Chapter Submission
2012: Revised
Chapter Submission
February 15,
2012: Final
Acceptance Notification
2012: Final
Acceptance Notification
Editorial Advisory Board Members:
Sonia Ben Mokhtar, CNRS-LIRIS, France
Francisco Curbera, IBM Research, USA
Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology,
Austria
Austria
Howard Foster, City University London, UK
Frank Leyman, University of Stuttgart,
Germany
Germany
Heiko Ludwig, IBM Research, USA
Mike Papazoglou, Tilburg University, The
Netherlands
Netherlands
Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano,
Switzerland
Switzerland
Franco Raimondi, Middlesex University, UK
Romain Rouvoy, University of Lille 1,
France
France
Michael Quang Z. Sheng, The University of Adelaide,
Australia
Australia
