Web processes are made up of services as their units of functionality. The services are represented as a graph and compose a synergy of service. The composite service is prone to failure due to various causes. However, the end-user should receive a smooth and non-interrupted execution. Atomic replacement of a failed Web service to recover the system is a straightforward approach. Nevertheless, ...

Nowadays, product information is being a key issue for traceability and quality management but also for state-of-the-art technologies such as intelligent product technologies. From this statement, product information design and management are becoming one of the most important steps in order to control quality of services and products that aims at customer satisfaction. However, there is no rea...

The value of knowledge assets in creating competitive advantage and subsequently wealth through innovation has never been greater (Teece, 1998). It is increasingly being acknowledged that the resources and the competencies developed within the organisation as well as the mechanisms for building up and reconfiguring these competencies is the only defence against a fierce competition (Penrose, 19...

A new approach for the realization of self-adaptive and highly available production systems based on a context aware approach, allowing selfadaptation of flexible manufacturing processes in production systems and effective knowledge sharing to support maintenance, is presented. The usage of dynamically changing context as basis for adaptation of flexible manufacturing lines/processes and effect...

In this paper we present an interaction-oriented approach to the process of designing a document for the end-user. We emphasize exchange between subjects and the subjects' relationship with their environment. The analysis of verbal exchanges offers a way to apprehend such a situated collective. We attempt to unveil the cognitive processes underlying this task with special attention paid to the ...

This paper investigates the problem of the labelling of the library, documentation and information field with particular emphasis on the terms ‘information’ and ‘document’. What influences introduced the concept of ‘information’ into the library field in the middle of the twentieth century? What kind of theoretical orientations have dominated the field, and how are these orientations linked to ...

Service Oriented Architectures offer an incomparable setting for the management and reuse of services, mixing different factors like software and services. The ability to choose between the services available often gets blurry, because of the difficulty when trying to find the best service that fits better the actual needs, or even because its invocation process gets excessively complex. This w...

The introduction of eGovernment services and applications leads to major changes in the structure and operation of public administrations. In this paper we present current work in progress in Italian eGovernment projects aimed at the analysis, development, deployment and evaluation of tools and environments to support the people who design, develop, use and evaluate eServices to citizens.

Modern enterprises rely on a distributed IT infrastructure to execute their business processes, adopting Service Oriented Architectures in order to improve the flexibility and ease of adaptation of their functions. Nowadays this is a vital characteristic, as the increased competition forces companies to continuously evolve and adapt. SOA applications must be supported by management and deployme...

We introduce StPowla, a workflow based approach to business process modelling that integrates a simple graphical notation, to ease the presentation of the core business process, a user–friendly policy language, Appel, to provide the necessary adaptation to the varied expectations of the various business stakeholders, and the Service Oriented Architecture, to assemble and orchestrate available s...