2nd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing

Research Article

Web Service Interface Syndication and its Application to a Collaborative Weblog Search

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361877,
        author={Ingo Scholtes and Daniel G\o{}rgen and Patrick Gratz},
        title={Web Service Interface Syndication and its Application to a Collaborative Weblog Search},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM},
        year={2007},
        month={5},
        keywords={Collaborative work Content based retrieval Feeds Object oriented programming Online Communities/Technical Collaboration Peer to peer computing Software libraries Web services World Wide Web XML},
        doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361877}
    }
    
  • Ingo Scholtes
    Daniel Görgen
    Patrick Gratz
    Year: 2007
    Web Service Interface Syndication and its Application to a Collaborative Weblog Search
    COLLABORATECOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361877
Ingo Scholtes1,*, Daniel Görgen1,*, Patrick Gratz2,*
  • 1: University of Trier, Systemsoftware and Distributed Systems, D-54286 Trier, Germany
  • 2: University of Luxembourg, Faculté des Sciences, de la Technologie et de la Communication, L-1511 Luxembourg
*Contact email: scholtes@syssoft.uni-trier.de, goergen@syssoft.uni-trier.de, patrick.gratz@uni.lu

Abstract

This paper presents the idea of Web service interface syndication - a scheme for the collaborative creation of overlay networks based on common Web service interfaces. Rather than requiring complex management of dynamic peers we picture a setting of interconnected static Web applications forming syndicates and offering services in a self-organized fashion. Among other application scenarios, this paper will present vicinitySearch, a collaborative Weblog search service which has been created in order to demonstrate the concept. This service offers a remarkable added-value to the Weblog community, making use of existing collaborative structures and the interoperability provided by XML Web services. Apart from the general concept of Web service interface syndication, the paper presents an implementation of the vicinitySearch service that has been done in terms of a Wordpress plugin.