RESOURCE ORIENTED MODELLING - Describing Restful Web Services using Collaboration Diagrams

Areeb Alowisheq, David E. Millard, Thanassis Tiropanis

2011

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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Alowisheq A., E. Millard D. and Tiropanis T. (2011). RESOURCE ORIENTED MODELLING - Describing Restful Web Services using Collaboration Diagrams . In Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-70-6, pages 113-118. DOI: 10.5220/0003518401130118

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ice-b11,
author={Areeb Alowisheq and David E. Millard and Thanassis Tiropanis},
title={RESOURCE ORIENTED MODELLING - Describing Restful Web Services using Collaboration Diagrams},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={113-118},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003518401130118},
isbn={978-989-8425-70-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2011)
TI - RESOURCE ORIENTED MODELLING - Describing Restful Web Services using Collaboration Diagrams
SN - 978-989-8425-70-6
AU - Alowisheq A.
AU - E. Millard D.
AU - Tiropanis T.
PY - 2011
SP - 113
EP - 118
DO - 10.5220/0003518401130118