Policy-based management (PBM) aims to provide flexibility in the management of resources so as to readily reflect changing business goals. However, as organizations increasingly u...
Compliance with privacy legislation is a primary concern for health care institutions that are building information systems support for their business processes. This paper descri...
Policies have been adopted for many reasons within web services and Service-oriented Architecture in general. However, while they are a favoured method of management, this only oc...
Middleware has greatly promoted the 3-tie mode of application systems. But as application software requirements become more complex and more frequently changing, the development c...
With the advent of Web services and orchestration specifications like BPEL it is possible to define workflows on an Internet-scale. In the health-care domain highly structured and ...