We study the verification of compositions of Web Service peers which
interact asynchronously by exchanging messages. Each peer has access to a local
database and reacts to user input and incoming messages by performing various
actions and sending messages. The reaction is described by queries over the
database, internal state, user input and received messages. We consider two
formalisms for specification of correctness properties of compositions, namely
Linear Temporal First-Order Logic and Conversation Protocols. For both
formalisms, we map the boundaries of verification decidability, showing that
they include expressive classes of compositions and properties. We also address
modular verification, in which the correctness of a composition is predicated
on the properties of its environment.
Pre-2018 CSE ID: CS2006-0853