<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An intense standardization process is favouring the convergence of grids and Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs). One of the benefits of such technological convergence is that grid resources and applications can be virtualized by services and offered through the SOA paradigm. In the broad and interoperable scenarios enabled by the SOA, involving the participation of several grid infrastructures across many administrative domains, service discovery can be a serious issue. In this paper we present a P2P-based infrastructure that leverages semantic technologies to support a scalable and accurate service discovery process. The key concept of the presented idea is the creation of an overlay network organized in several semantic groups of peers, each specialized in answering queries pertaining to specific applicative domains. Groups are formed by clustering together peers offering services that are semantically related. The architecture details of the proposed solution are presented. A system prototype has also been implemented and validated through a case study deployed on the PlanetLab testbed.</p></abstract>

An intense standardization process is favouring the convergence of grids and Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs). One of the benefits of such technological convergence is that grid resources and applications can be virtualized by services and offered through the SOA paradigm. In the broad and interoperable scenarios enabled by the SOA, involving the participation of several grid infrastructures across many administrative domains, service discovery can be a serious issue. In this paper we present a P2P-based infrastructure that leverages semantic technologies to support a scalable and accurate service discovery process. The key concept of the presented idea is the creation of an overlay network organized in several semantic groups of peers, each specialized in answering queries pertaining to specific applicative domains. Groups are formed by clustering together peers offering services that are semantically related. The architecture details of the proposed solution are presented. A system prototype has also been implemented and validated through a case study deployed on the PlanetLab testbed.

Resource and service discovery in SOAs: A P2P oriented semantic approach

Department of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Catania, V.le Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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An intense standardization process is favouring the convergence of grids and Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs). One of the benefits of such technological...

Resource and service discovery in SOAs: A P2P oriented semantic approach

Pubblicato online: 22 giu 2011

Pagine: 285 - 294

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-011-0021-2

Parole chiave
SOA, web service discovery, semantic, P2P, JXTA

This content is open access.

Resource and service discovery in SOAs: A P2P oriented semantic approach

Pubblicato online: 22 giu 2011

Pagine: 285 - 294

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-011-0021-2

Parole chiaveSOA, web service discovery, semantic, P2P, JXTA

This content is open access.

Parole chiave
SOA, web service discovery, semantic, P2P, JXTA