ServiceGlobe: distributing E-services across the internet

TLDR: The ServiceGlobe system provides a platform on which e-services (also called services or Web services) can be implemented, stored, published, discovered, deployed, and dynamically invoked at arbitrary Internet servers participating in the Service Globe federation.

Abstract: Publisher Summary The ServiceGlobe system provides a platform on which e-services (also called services or Web services) can be implemented, stored, published, discovered, deployed, and dynamically invoked at arbitrary Internet servers participating in the ServiceGlobe federation. The next generation of Internet applications—e-services—is emerging. By an e-service, one understands an autonomous software component that is uniquely identified by a Unique Resource Identifier (URI) and that can be accessed by using standard Internet protocols like eXtensible Markup Language (XML), SOAP, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). An e-service may combine several applications that a user needs, such as the different pieces of a supply chain architecture. For the end-user, however, the entire infrastructure will appear as a single application. Due to its potential of changing the Internet to a platform of application collaboration and integration, e-service technology gains more and more attention in research and industry; initiatives such as HP Web Services Platform [WSP], Sun ONE [Sun], or Microsoft .NET [NET] show this development.