A Model-Driven Approach to Service Composition

In this paper, we analyse some existing approaches to service composition in terms of their strength, limitations and challenges. Some important concepts and principles are discussed which lead to a novel model-driven approach to attacking these challenges in the context of services engineering and Service-Oriented Computing (SOC). This approach is applied on a case study in a real world context. It shows some advantages, such as improved productivity and support to engineering decision-making and knowledge re-use. Some limitations are identified and future work is planned to address them.