Thisvolumecontainsallofthe Research-Track, Industry-TrackandDemo-Track
papers that were selected for presentation at the Fifth International
Conference on Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2007), which was held in
Vienna, A- tria, September 17-20, 2007. ICSOC 2007 followed the
footsteps of four previous successful editions of the International
Conference on Service-Oriented Computing that were held in Chicago,
USA(2006), Amsterdam, TheNetherlands(2005), NewYorkCity, USA (2004) and
Trento, Italy (2003). ICSOC is recognized as the ?agship conference for
service-oriented computing research and best practices. ICSOC covers the
entire spectrum from theoretical and foundational results to empirical
eval- tion, as well as practical and industrial experiences. ICSOC 2007
continued this tradition while introducing several new themes to further
these goals.
Service-orientedcomputingbringstogetherideasandtechnologiesfrommany
diverse ?elds in an evolutionary manner in order to address research
challenges including service-based application modeling, service
composition, discovery, - tegration, monitoring and management of
services, service quality and security, methodologies for supporting
service development, grid services, and novel t- ics including
information as a service and service-oriented architecture (SOA)
governance. To provide a balanced coverage and an equal emphasis across
all aspects of service-oriented computing, ICSOC 2007's topics were
divided into seven major areas: Business Service Modeling, Service
Assembly, and Service Management, addressing research issues and best
practices in the primary life-cycle phases of a service, modeling,
assembly, deployment, and management; SOA Runtime and Quality of
Service, covering issues spanning all stages of the life-cycle; Grid
Services and Service Architectures, combining grid infrastructure
concepts with service-oriented computing; and Business and Economical
Aspects of Services.
