Towards a Framework for WeavingSocial Networks Principles into Web Services Discovery

International audienceThis paper presents a framework for weaving the principles (ormetaphor) of social networks into Web services with emphasis onsupporting their discovery. Despite the regular updates of theexisting discovery techniques, the discovery of Web servicescontinues to exacerbate users due to the large number of availableWeb services on the Internet. Different needs trigger thediscovery of Web services such as developing new, value-addedcomposite services and sustaining the high availability of otherpeers. These needs reveal three types of relationships between Webservices, which are substitution, competition, and collaboration.The proposed framework includes tools that capture theserelationships into social networks so that Web services discoverycan be made smooth. Some implementation and simulation detailsare, also, discussed in this paper