A flow graph-based test model for OWL-S web services

Author

Liu, Chien-hung ; Chen, Shu-ling ; Kuo, Jong Yih ; Huang, Teng-yi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2011

fDate

10-13 July 2011

Firstpage

897

Lastpage

902

Abstract

OWL-S is a standard for specifying the ontology of web services. It enables web services to be discovered, invoked, and composed automatically. However, OWSL-S web service is difficult to analyze and test as XML-based OWL-S description is hard to understand. In addition, OWL-S introduces various control constructs to compose multiple services and allows describing the preconditions and expected effects of the services, which further complicates the analysis and testing of web services. This paper proposes a flow graph-based test model for OWL-S web services. In particular, the model abstracts the structural test artifacts of OWL-S web services. It can facilitate testers to understand and analyze the control flow of OWL-S web services. Based on the test model, test paths can be derived to ensure the correctness of OWL-S web services.

Keywords

Web services; XML; flow graphs; ontologies (artificial intelligence); program testing; semantic Web; OWL-S Web services; Web services ontology; XML; flow graph-based test model; structural test artifacts; Graphical models; Grounding; Process control; Semantic Web; Semantics; Testing; Web services; OWL-S; Semantic web services; Test model; Web service testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Guilin

ISSN

2160-133X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0305-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMLC.2011.6016836

Filename

6016836