A survey for analyzing transactional behavior in service based applications

Abstract

This paper introduces key dimensions to analyze how transactional behavior is addressed in service based applications. In such applications, transactional behavior cannot be provided in the sense of DBMS ACID transactions. A review of existing concepts and requirements is required for proposing an approach that addresses them. Although several approaches concerning transactional behavior have been proposed, we think that it is necessary to clarify what is needed for current information systems and what remains as an open issue. In that sense, we propose some aspects for characterizing the transactional behavior and furthermore we introduce a critical review of current approaches