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Resource Oriented Modelling: Describing Restful Web Services Using Collaboration Diagrams

Resource Oriented Modelling: Describing Restful Web Services Using Collaboration Diagrams
Resource Oriented Modelling: Describing Restful Web Services Using Collaboration Diagrams
The popularity of Resource Oriented and RESTful Web Services is increasing rapidly. In these, resources are key actors in the interfaces, in contrast to other approaches where services, messages or objects are. This distinctive feature necessitates a new approach for modelling RESTful interfaces providing a more intuitive mapping from model to implementation than could be achieved with non-resource methods. With this objective we propose an approach to describe Resource Oriented and RESTful Web Services based on UML collaboration diagrams. Then use it to model scenarios from several problem domains, arguing that Resource Oriented and RESTful Web Services can be used in systems which go beyond ad-hoc integration. Using the scenarios we demonstrate how the approach is useful for: eliciting domain ontologies; identifying recurring patterns; and capturing static and dynamic aspects of the interface.
Alowisheq, Areeb
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Millard, David
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Tiropanis, Thanassis
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Alowisheq, Areeb, Millard, David and Tiropanis, Thanassis (2011) Resource Oriented Modelling: Describing Restful Web Services Using Collaboration Diagrams. The 8th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications, Seville, Spain. 18 - 21 Jul 2011.

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Abstract

The popularity of Resource Oriented and RESTful Web Services is increasing rapidly. In these, resources are key actors in the interfaces, in contrast to other approaches where services, messages or objects are. This distinctive feature necessitates a new approach for modelling RESTful interfaces providing a more intuitive mapping from model to implementation than could be achieved with non-resource methods. With this objective we propose an approach to describe Resource Oriented and RESTful Web Services based on UML collaboration diagrams. Then use it to model scenarios from several problem domains, arguing that Resource Oriented and RESTful Web Services can be used in systems which go beyond ad-hoc integration. Using the scenarios we demonstrate how the approach is useful for: eliciting domain ontologies; identifying recurring patterns; and capturing static and dynamic aspects of the interface.

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Published date: July 2011
Additional Information: Event Dates: July 18-21
Venue - Dates: The 8th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications, Seville, Spain, 2011-07-18 - 2011-07-21
Organisations: Web & Internet Science

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Local EPrints ID: 272942
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/272942
PURE UUID: 17fdfaaf-64fb-4e10-93cc-72147086bf64
ORCID for David Millard: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7512-2710
ORCID for Thanassis Tiropanis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6195-2852

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Date deposited: 20 Oct 2011 14:15
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:31

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Author: Areeb Alowisheq
Author: David Millard ORCID iD
Author: Thanassis Tiropanis ORCID iD

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