Inference Queues for Communicating and Monitoring Declarative Information between Web Services

  • Bruce Spencer
  • Sandy Liu
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 2876)

Abstract

We introduce the inference queue as a mechanism for communicating and transforming data in Web services choreography. The insert operation provides definite clauses to the inference queue, and the remove operation generates output that is sound, complete, fair, and irredundant. Both operations are thread safe and responsive. The inference queue can form part of a highly configurable data transformation system. Rules can also monitor for events of interest based on the occurrence of certain conditions. Our suggestion of system wide monitoring of communication is complementary to existing Web services proposals.

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bruce Spencer
    • 1
  • Sandy Liu
    • 2
  1. 1.Institute for Information Technologye-Business National Research Council of CanadaFredericton, New BrunswickCanada
  2. 2.Faculty of Computer ScienceUniversity of New BrunswickFredericton, New BrunswickCanada

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