Collaboration framework
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1. A networked system, comprising:
- a set of Web services, each representing a member selected from a group consisting of a human service provider and a piece of software; and
a collaboration framework for allowing the set of Web services to work jointly together to solve an engineering problem, the collaboration framework including a universal description discovery and integration framework that has information pertaining to verification, validation, and accreditation of each Web service in the set of Web services.
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Abstract
The collaboration framework is a facility for entities, such as service providers and tools, to work jointly in the intellectual endeavor of finding solutions to engineering problems. The collaboration framework incorporates protocols and means for expansion and interfacing with Web services as well as discoverable, reusable work flows for solving engineering problems. Other problems for which the collaboration framework can be used include military operations, emergency responses, such as responses to an earthquake, fire, terrorism, or other disaster.
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1. A networked system, comprising:
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a set of Web services, each representing a member selected from a group consisting of a human service provider and a piece of software; and
a collaboration framework for allowing the set of Web services to work jointly together to solve an engineering problem, the collaboration framework including a universal description discovery and integration framework that has information pertaining to verification, validation, and accreditation of each Web service in the set of Web services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for allowing Web services to collaborate, comprising:
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a set of Web services, each Web service being selected from a group consisting of a first service representing a piece of software that provides engineering analysis, a second service representing a human that provides engineering analysis, and a composed service; and
a service registry for allowing the set of Web services to be registered, the service registry being capable of allowing the registered Web services to be discovered. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a computing system, a set of collaborative software agents, comprising:
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a set of functional agents for coordinating Web services within an engineering discipline; and
a set of community agents for coordinating functional agents across engineering disciplines, the set of community agents including an arrangement configuration design and analysis community agent, the set of community agents further including a requirements definition and management community agent. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for executing a collaboration framework, comprising:
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registering Web services by the service provider with the collaboration framework;
issuing solution requirements by a project sponsor Web service;
forming of a project team by a chief engineer Web service; and
capturing a workflow as the project team designs a solution to satisfy the solution requirements. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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