Abstract: Methods and systems to improve change description information dissemination are described. When an altered version of a distributed data processing service is deployed, information about the altered service is published in a service information registry. The published information includes a link to a natural-language description of the altered service.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for configuration of web services. In general, data is received characterizing web service calls for an application, a placeholder destination for the web service calls, and an identification of a system to be mapped to the placeholder; and a configuration is generated for the web service calls, where the configuration maps the placeholder destination to the system. The configuration may be a configuration of proxy objects to make the web service calls. Mapping the placeholder destination to the system may include generating a configuration including the system in lieu of the placeholder destination. Systems may be included in domains, where a security policy may be applied to systems in a domain.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing contract-based process integration.

Abstract: Conventional approaches to transactional processing and analytics in database management systems have typically maintained a strict separation between these tasks, often resulting duplicate modeling, replication of data, usage of different infrastructure stacks, the need to integrate transactions and analytics on a layer that is very close to the end user, etc. Described herein are systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and the like relating to a central integration component that provides access to a core metamodel. Via the metamodel, metadata specify a data part of a business object and one or more information providers (e.g., an analytical view, an attribute view, etc.) that directly consume data from database tables underlying the business object. The central integration component responds to data access requests using the core metmodel.

Abstract: A method relates to quality of services and management of diverse data connections to and from an application launched on a computing platform. The diverse types of data connections to and from the application may include, for example, one or more of HTTP, Web Services, OData/REST, OData/HTTP, SAP RFC, and SAP ALE types of data connections. The method includes providing a layer, in the computing platform, for quality of services and management of diverse types of data connections to and from the application and providing a common entry point to receive data destined for external receivers over the diverse types of data connections to and from the application.

Abstract: A system is provided in which at least one first server comprises at least one data processor executing a business application platform providing various business applications for access by at least one remote client. In addition, at least one second server comprises at least one data processor executing an embedded business intelligence server (EBIS). The EBIS provides an interface to the platform to at least one business intelligence applications providing business intelligence functionality. With such a system, a unified interface can be rendered on the at least one remote client concurrently provides functionality from the platform and the at least one business intelligence client. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: Distributed data processing systems that provide services at two network addresses have their interfaces described in a published interface description document available at a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”). The interface description of the second of the services replaces the interface description of the first of the services. Related methods, computer readable media, and systems to benefit from an embodiment of the invention are also described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for messaging. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may include initiating a call from a first application to a second application. The method may determine whether the first application is local to the second application. A call may be made as a local call from the first application to the second application, when it is determined that the first and second applications are on the same computer. A call may be made as a remote call from the first application to the second application, when it is determined that the first and second applications are on separate computers. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Abstract: A computing device may receive a Web service archive that includes a Web service implementation and a Web service deployment descriptor. The Web service deployment descriptor may specify how the Web service implementation is to be configured on the computing device. The computing device may deploy a Web service based, at least in part, on the received Web service archive.

Abstract: An application server may include a Web service client having a service endpoint interface. The service endpoint interface may expose a method of a Web service to the Web service client. The Web service client may also include a logical port to define a configuration of the service endpoint interface.

Abstract: A system and method for virtual message packaging is described. A virtual package is collection of messages that share common characteristics and may be processed together. In one embodiment, messages are first grouped according to one or more rules at a client and then formed into a virtual package. In another embodiment, one or more messages are received at a server and then formed into a virtual package for later processing.

Abstract: A computing device may access a description of a Web service. The computing device may generate a Web service proxy based, at least in part, on the accessed description of the Web service. The computing device may provide a client protocol implementation to extend the functionality of the generated Web service client proxy. A feature of the client protocol implementation may be set to define a behavior of the Web service client without regenerating the Web service client proxy.

Abstract: Differences between two web services are identified and quantified by a set of parameters. Each parameter is drawn from a discrete set of values that describes an aspect of the difference. The set of parameters is provided to a client of the web service.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for a Web service definition. A development environment may receive input selecting a Web service interface. The development environment may also receive input to specify one or more system independent features of the selected interface. In an embodiment, the development environment may create a Web service definition descriptor file that includes the received input specifying the one or more system independent features.

Abstract: A development environment may receive input selecting a Web service implementation. The development environment may also receive input to define a virtual interface of the selected Web service implementation. The development environment may create a virtual interface descriptor file that includes the received input defining the virtual interface. The development environment may generate a Web service description based, at least in part, on the virtual interface descriptor file.

Abstract: Methods of filtering change notifications to remove irrelevant notifications and transmitting the remaining notifications to a subscriber are described and claimed. Systems and software to implement related methods are also described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for configuration domains for the configuration of web services and consumer proxies. In general, data characterizing one or more web services to activate is received and run-time configurations are caused to be generated for each of the web services and each of consumer proxies for the web services. The web services are from a provider system in a group of systems having a profile having one or more policies to be adhered to by the systems. The systems may include a consumer system and the provider system. The consumer system may have one or more consumer proxies to call the web services. The run-time configurations may include one or more settings derived from the policies of the profile.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for configuration of web services. In general, data is received characterizing web service calls for an application, a placeholder destination for the web service calls, and an identification of a system to be mapped to the placeholder; and a configuration is generated for the web service calls, where the configuration maps the placeholder destination to the system. The configuration may be a configuration of proxy objects to make the web service calls. Mapping the placeholder destination to the system may include generating a configuration including the system in lieu of the placeholder destination. Systems may be included in domains, where a security policy may be applied to systems in a domain.

Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing a classification service. The method may receive a request to access a UDDI registry. The classification service may access metadata representing a classification system for the data stored in the UDDI registry. The classification service may provide the data stored in the UDDI registry in a format based on the access metadata. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Abstract: A method is described to implement a web services environment in which web based service providers can be discovered and accessed with a web based registry. The method includes forcing a client to undergo a registration process as a condition for the client's discovering and/or accessing a web based service provider through the registry. The registration process is to gather information describing the client.