Universal Communication Interface through Web Services for Heterogeneous Systems with Dynamic System Life Cycle

At present most of the organizational Information systems are formed using several heterogeneous distributed systems. Relevant information might be maintained in several distributed systems. “Openness” is the basic and the most important property of a distributed system for intercommunication. It describes how systems can be extended to be inter-operated with other systems. So many standards and protocols are developed for sharing data. Among several available standards and protocols, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) web-service is becoming popular. However, these standards and protocols have limitations when it is necessary to transfer different formats of information between heterogeneous systems. The new protocol that is introduced in this research is based on human communication and conversation techniques. Rather than in system communication, human communication gives the upper hand for the two parties by enabling a meaningful communication exchange. This new protocol is built upon the SOAP protocol for online communications. It is designed in such a way, that most of the drawbacks of existing protocols and standards are eliminated. This new information transfer protocol is bundled with security features and better performance mechanism. It also can handle a communication process even when one party is rapidly changing, and hence it allows continuous system developments independent of the communication interface. Heterogeneous systems will be able to use this new protocol to exchange their information in a more effective and flexible manner.