Service Discovery and Planning
June 22nd, 2009
written by gunther gerlach-2009
Current provisions for discovery are based on keyword searches through repositories. Keywords are nominated by service providers through publication and advertising features of software as a service (SaaS) functions. Details of message inputs, outputs, and methods are also captured from WSDL file scans and factored into searches.
Such discovery techniques are suitable in tightly coupled and well-scoped domains where service consumers can determine what services offer and how they can be independently utilized from search results. In other words, users are expected to know what they want before they search.
