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Issues of multidatabase transaction management within the Web are addressed. After examining the nature of the problem and reviewing current solutions, we argue that the classic ACID test of transaction correctness is not appropriate for Web transactions and propose new criteria based on SACReD properties. A new Web Transaction Model (WebTraM), based upon open and closed nested transaction models, is proposed and formally specified. Preliminary analysis demonstrates performance improvements over other Web transaction management methods.
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Younas, M., Eagelstone, B., Holton, R. (2000). A Formal Treatment of a SACReD Protocol for Multidatabase Web Transactions. In: Ibrahim, M., Küng, J., Revell, N. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1873. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44469-6_84
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