A High Level Service-Based Approach to Software Component Integration

Author

Arafa, Y. ; Boldyreff, Cornelia ; Tawil, A.H. ; Hao Liu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Archit. Comput. & Eng., Univ. of East London, London, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

4-6 July 2012

Firstpage

1050

Lastpage

1057

Abstract

This paper motivates and sets out a framework for a high-level approach to software component integration. The framework builds on the concept of SaaS (Software as a Service) and uses a service ontology for the annotation of software components with formal specifications. The ontology is used to instruct interoperability between software components through a unified API interface. The impetus for this approach is to provision for smooth integration, management and scalability in a collaborative and distributed development environment.

Keywords

application program interfaces; cloud computing; groupware; ontologies (artificial intelligence); open systems; SaaS; collaborative development environment; distributed development environment; formal specifications; high level service-based approach; interoperability; service ontology; software as a service; software component integration; software components annotation; unified API interface; Computer architecture; Ontologies; Scalability; Service oriented architecture; Collaborative Software Development; Component Reusability; Service Ontology Application; Software as a Service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS), 2012 Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Palermo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1233-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISIS.2012.156

Filename

6245695