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Due to the heterogeneous nature of web services, interoperability is a crucial aspect, and this interoperability has not only a data aspect (ontologies) but also a process aspect. To ensure correctness of e-business processes, some kind of transaction support (e.g. WS-TXM) is necessary but not sufficient. In this paper, we define correctness in terms of contract compliance. Being contract-guided, e-business processes require a contract-dependent transaction protocol that can be represented as a set of formally specified agreements and obligations between participants. In current standards and frameworks, contract-based interoperability is only referred to, but not specified in details. This paper contributes to contract-based interoperability in the following aspects: for the first time it classifies characteristics for various degrees (levels) of contract-based interoperability, and it provides formal definitions of basic support operations - check and lock.
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Artyshchev, S., Weigand, H. (2006). Contract-based Interoperability for E-Business Transactions. In: Konstantas, D., Bourrières, JP., Léonard, M., Boudjlida, N. (eds) Interoperability of Enterprise Software and Applications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-152-0_16
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