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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2001
Harumi Anne Kuno, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alan H. Karp, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael J. Lemon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Harumi Anne Kuno, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alan H. Karp, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael J. Lemon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer language for facilitating communication between web services, where web services may use disparate input and output document formats, and system using same. A Conversation Definition Language (CDL) is extended with transformational information to a Transformational Conversation Definition Language (TCDL). The CDL defines document types, transitions and interactions of a conversation between two or more web services. In a preferred embodiment, the transformational information is a subset of the interaction information. Stylesheets are used to define the semantics of the required transformation and the appropriate stylesheets are identified in the TCDL file. A conversation controller component reads the TCDL files that correspond to a given conversation and utilizes the transformation information, when necessary to transform documents between web services without human intervention.