Title :
A High Level Service-Based Approach to Software Component Integration
Author :
Arafa, Y. ; Boldyreff, Cornelia ; Tawil, A.H. ; Hao Liu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Archit. Comput. & Eng., Univ. of East London, London, UK
Abstract :
This paper motivates and sets out a framework for a high-level approach to software component integration. The framework builds on the concept of SaaS (Software as a Service) and uses a service ontology for the annotation of software components with formal specifications. The ontology is used to instruct interoperability between software components through a unified API interface. The impetus for this approach is to provision for smooth integration, management and scalability in a collaborative and distributed development environment.
Keywords :
application program interfaces; cloud computing; groupware; ontologies (artificial intelligence); open systems; SaaS; collaborative development environment; distributed development environment; formal specifications; high level service-based approach; interoperability; service ontology; software as a service; software component integration; software components annotation; unified API interface; Computer architecture; Ontologies; Scalability; Service oriented architecture; Collaborative Software Development; Component Reusability; Service Ontology Application; Software as a Service;
Conference_Titel :
Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS), 2012 Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palermo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1233-2
DOI :
10.1109/CISIS.2012.156
