Abstract :
ICWS has been a prime international forum for both researchers and industry practitioners to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art on Web services. ICWS aims to identify emerging research topics and define the future of Web services. The ICWS 2009 research track seeks original, unpublished research papers reporting substantive new work in various aspects of Web services. All topics relevant to Web services are of interest, but the conference program committee particularly encourages submissions related to the following aspects of Web services divided in three categories: foundations of web services; Web-based Services; and Web services applications beyond Web.