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Design Overview of USDL

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Enabling Web-based service networks and ecosystems requires a way of describing services by a “commercial envelope” as discussed in Chapter 1. A uniform conception of services across all walks of life (including technical services) is required capturing business, operational and technical aspects. Therefore, our proposed Unified Service Description Language (USDL) particularly draws from and generalizes the best-of-breed approaches presented in Part I. The following chapter presents the design rationale of USDL where the different aspects are put in a framework of descriptions requirements. This is followed by the subsequent chapters of this part that provide details on specific aspects such as pricing or legal issues.

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  1. Queensland University of Technology, 2434, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia

    Alistair Barros

  2. SAP Research Karlsruhe, Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 1, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Daniel Oberle

  3. SAP Research Brisbane, Building A4 Level 7, 52 Merivale Street, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia

    Uwe Kylau

  4. SAP Research Darmstadt, Bleichstrasse 8, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Steffen Heinzl

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Barros, A., Oberle, D., Kylau, U., Heinzl, S. (2012). Design Overview of USDL. In: Barros, A., Oberle, D. (eds) Handbook of Service Description. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1864-1_8

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