Combining FIPA agents and web services for the design of tailorable groupware architecture

Nader Cheaib, Samir Otmane, Malik Mallem
2008 Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services - iiWAS '08  
In this paper, we present a new groupware architectural model called U D 3 , which is based on the integration of web services technologies with software agents. The aim is to design a tailorable groupware architecture using the integration of both technologies, thus using properties of each while reinforcing their individual strengths. In fact, agentoriented technology is claimed to become the next breakthrough in the development and implementation of largescale complex systems, while Web
more » ... ces are fast emerging technologies for connecting remotely executing programs via well established internet protocols. Web services and agents were originally developed with different standards, thus their integration becomes important in the context of groupware tailorability, giving a totally innovative approach for designing collaborative applications.
doi:10.1145/1497308.1497449 dblp:conf/iiwas/CheaibOM08 fatcat:ovjzqn3isvawze3u2wkvzivmpe