Validation of the Formal Model of Web Services Applications for Digital Reference Service of Library Information System

The web services applications for digital reference service (WSDRS) of LIS model is an informal model that claims to reduce the problems of digital reference services in libraries. It uses web services technology to provide efficient way of satisfying users’ needs in the reference section of libraries. The formal WSDRS model consists of the Z specifications of all the informal specifications of the model. This paper discusses the formal validation of the Z specifications of WSDRS model. The authors formally verify and thus validate the properties of the model using Z/EVES theorem prover.

Authors:

• Zainab M. Musa
• Nordin M. A. Rahman
• Julaily A. Jusoh

Keywords:

• Validation
• verification
• formal
• theorem proving.

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