Title :
An agent-based approach to specify a Web service-oriented environment
Author :
Maamar, Zakaria ; Akhter, Fahim ; Lahkim, Mohammed
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Inf. Syst., Zayed Univ., Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
We presented an overview of an approach that uses software agents in the specification of a Web service-oriented environment. The approach suggests three levels: intrinsic; organizational/functional; and behavior. The three levels are applied to agents and services in a different way. During the agentification of services, two types of software agents have been suggested: user-agent; and provider-agent. User-agents are associated with user-domains and provider-agents are associated with provider-domain.
Keywords :
Internet; Web sites; formal specification; software agents; Web service-oriented environment; agent-based approach; behavior level; functional level; intrinsic level; organizational level; provider agents; provider domains; provider-agent system; service agentification; software agents; user domains; user-agent system; Assembly; Automation; Collaboration; Computerized monitoring; Educational institutions; Information systems; Information technology; Mobile computing; Portals; Web services;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2003. WET ICE 2003. Proceedings. Twelfth IEEE International Workshops on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1963-6
DOI :
10.1109/ENABL.2003.1231381
