Virtual Organization Management Using Web Service Choreography And Software Agents [chapter]

Adomas Svirskas, Ioannis Ignatiadis, Bob Roberts, Michael Wilson
Network-Centric Collaboration and Supporting Frameworks  
The purpose of this paper is to discuss an approach for the automated management of Virtual Organizations using Web Service Choreography and Software Agents. Web Service Choreography is important for the support and management of commonly agreed collaboration scenarios. In order for the scenarios to be understood and accepted by members of a VO, the scenarios need to be specified in a standard, machine-readable form and mapped to the implementation mechanisms of the VO participants. Software
more » ... nts can then serve as the background support mechanism for the automation and management of the phases of identification, formation, operation and termination of a VO. Please use the foUowing format, when citing this chapter:
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-38269-2_56 dblp:conf/ifip5-5/SvirskasIRW06 fatcat:g6svqjpkkngpfnniqjkrf6fi2e