Abstract :
The promise of cross-organizational computing and communications has long been a holy grail for network architects. From the dawn of the Arpanet to today´s deployments of service-oriented architectures (SOAs) and remotely hosted applications, wider reuse of standards-compliant software components has been a constant goal. The rise of social networks and Web 2.0 principles are the latest trends in reusing software on nonhierarchical architectures. When these architectures work - when user identities are protected, when process security is ensured, and when there is consensus on both technical and contextual attributes of a given piece of software - the cross-organizational model has great potential. However, when the needs of disparate communities are not aligned, the results can be embarrassing, at the very least.
Keywords :
Web services; object-oriented programming; security of data; software architecture; software reusability; Arpanet; Web 2.0; cross-organizational communication; cross-organizational computing; data security; service-oriented architecture; social network; software component reuse; Application software; Art; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Context modeling; ISO; Internet; Protection; Service oriented architecture; Social network services; service-oriented architectures; social networks;
