Service Composition Using Product Configuration Technology

In service oriented computing (SOC), applications are constructed by composing existing services. Not all compositions, however, are correct or meaningful. For example, an application needs to follow steps in a process in a meaningful order. We study feasibility of using product configuration technology in the composition of an application based on services. On the one hand, product configuration introduces a means and tools for specifying rules and structure upon which correct applications are composed in SOC. On the other hand, product configuration provides a means and tools for deriving correct applications in SOC. In the study, we apply Kumbang product configuration conceptualization for software product families. The results are demonstrated modeling as services a real case example of networked PDM system and deriving different service compositions.