2.1. The E-Speak Service Engine

The e-Speak service engine is the software component of the e-Speak architecture. It provides the development and deployment environment for the services. The engine consists of:

  • Logical Machine: a platform abstraction for service runtime environment

  • Resource: A component-based representation of a service

  • Interaction Mechanisms: The application programming interfaces (APIs) for service discovery and invocation

Figure 2.2 depicts the relationship among these components.

Figure 2.2. The e-Speak service engine architecture.

2.1.1. E-Speak Logical Machine

The e-Speak service engine [1] provides functionality that ...

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