Toufic I Boubez

20020087340, Jul 4, 2002

Jan 3, 2001

09/758112

Toufic Boubez - Apex NC, US
Stephen Burbeck - Cary NC, US
James Casler - Apex NC, US
Stephen Graham - Chapel Hill NC, US
Maryann Hondo - Arlington MA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F017/60

705/001000

An apparatus and method for service classification are provided. The apparatus and method make use of canonical service descriptions which designate minimum requirements for a service to be classified into a corresponding classification. Based on the canonical service description, it can be determined whether a service that wishes to be classified into a particular classification of a taxonomy on a service broker meets the minimum requirements for that classification. Furthermore, the use of canonical service descriptions ensures that all services classified into a particular classification have a minimum level of functionality that will allow them to function properly when invoked.

20020087374, Jul 4, 2002

Jan 3, 2001

09/753964

Toufic Boubez - Apex NC, US
Stephen Burbeck - Cary NC, US
James Casler - Apex NC, US
Stephen Graham - Chapel Hill NC, US
Maryann Hondo - Arlington MA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F017/60

705/007000, 705/001000

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for service classification verification. The present invention makes use of canonical service description tests which designate minimum requirements for a service to be classified into a corresponding classification. Based on the canonical service description tests, it can be determined whether a service that wishes to be classified into a particular classification of a taxonomy on a service broker meets the minimum requirements for that classification. Furthermore, the use of canonical service description tests ensures that all services classified into a particular classification have a minimum level of functionality that will allow them to function properly when invoked.

20040019630, Jan 29, 2004

Jul 24, 2002

10/202175

Stephen Burbeck - Cary NC, US
Toufic Boubez - Apex NC, US
James Casler - Apex NC, US
Stephen Graham - Chapel Hill NC, US
Steven Miller - Cary NC, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F015/173
G06F015/16

709/203000, 709/223000

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing the processing of a document. A set of services registered for use in processing a document received from a client is identified in which registration information for each service within the set of services provides input requirements. A service from the set of registered services is selected to form a selected service by comparing a current state of the document with the input requirements for each service within the set of registered services. Execution of the selected service on the document is initiated, wherein a state transition occurs to a new state, which becomes the current state of the document processing system. The document processing system state is comprised of a collection of information fragments (tuples) which represent the set of documents currently being processed and the state of each document currently being processed. The selecting step and the initiating step are repeated until a response is returned to the client. In response to a request to register a new service, the set of registered services provided for processing of the document is dynamically altered to include the new service.