Emerging Web Services Technology, Volume II

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Series Editors: Monique Calisti (Editor-in-Chief) Marius Walliser Stefan Brantschen Marc Herbstritt

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Emerging Web Services Technology Volume II Thomas Gschwind Cesare Pautasso Editors

Birkhäuser Basel · Boston · Berlin

Editors: Thomas Gschwind Research Laboratory IBM Research Division GmbH Zürich Säumerstrasse 4 8803 Rüschlikon Switzerland e-mail: [email protected]

Cesare Pautasso Faculty of Informatics University of Lugano Via G. Buffi 13 6904 Lugano e-mail: [email protected]

2000 Mathematical Subject Classification: 68-06, 68Q60, 68T05, 68T27, 68T35, 68U35 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007929515

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Contents

Preface

vii

Organization

ix

Introduction

xi

I. Opening Keynote Schahram Dustdar Emerging Web Services Technologies — Some Research Challenges Ahead

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II. Service Discovery and Selection Matteo Baldoni, Cristina Baroglio, Alberto Martelli, Viviana Patti a