The Web Service Modeling Framework WSMF

• DOI: 10.1016/s1567-4223(02)00015-7
• Publication Date: 2003-02-12T01:10:51Z
• Authors: Dieter Fensel; Christoph Bussler
• Keywords: WS-Policy

Abstract Web services will transform the web from a collection of information into a distributed computational device. In order to employ their full potential, appropriate description means for web services need to be developed. For this purpose, we define a fully-fledged Web Service Modeling Framework (WSMF) that provides the appropriate conceptual model for developing and describing web services and their composition (complex web services). In a nutshell, its philosophy is based on the following principle: maximal de-coupling complemented by a scalable mediation service .