An uncoupled approach Agents/Web Services to support uniform access to Resources in information systems

In this paper, we propose an uncoupled approach Agents/Web Services to support uniform access to distributed resources in a distributed company. Our approach is articulated around Resource Agents and Federator Agents. We use, as technological framework, the Web Services which make applications possible to expose their functionalities through standardized interfaces using agents (customer, suppliers, and directory). Indeed, a Web Services layer makes accessible the capacities of the Resources Agents through the Web. The interaction protocol is integrated into Federator Agents which implement the group directory.