Formal Specification of a Web Services Protocol
Author(s) -
James E. Johnson,
David E. Langworthy,
Leslie Lamport,
Friedrich H. Vogt
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
electronic notes in theoretical computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.242
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1571-0661
DOI - 10.1016/j.entcs.2004.02.022
Subject(s) - computer science , protocol (science) , model checking , web service , atomicity , programming language , two phase commit protocol , database transaction , formal specification , database , formal methods , world wide web , transaction processing , distributed transaction , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
We describe a use of formal methods to specify and check a Web Services protocol. The Web Services Atomic Transaction protocol was specified in TLA+ and checked with the TLC model checker. A modest effort revealed oversights that caused unanticipated behaviors of the protocol; these were corrected by clarifications and changes to the protocol
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