On dependable embedded services and Openwings

Abstract

Service oriented programming and service oriented architectures are the bases of one of the most successful technologies of the recent past: Web services. They support the integration at enterprise level in the global Internet era. However, the enterprise level applications are only part of the spectrum, the other being the ever growing ubiquitous embedded applications. Arguably, the SOA's offer the same advantages at embedded system level. In this article we are evaluating the service oriented paradigm in the context of distributed embedded systems and instantiate the observations on Openwings as a particular service oriented architecture.