Patent ID: 8326856

Claim:
A method for adapting an input parameter, the method comprising: receiving a Web Service invocation request including an input parameter in a first format in accordance with a Web Services Definition Language (WSDL) description of Web Service interface information; and invoking and exercising a MetaWSDL processor, as executed by a processor on a computer-like device, to automatically adapt the received input parameter to a second format appropriate for invoking target Web Services with correct format and units for said target Web Services, said MetaWSDL processor comprising: a semantic information representation MetaWSDL (Meta Web Service Development Language), comprising a universal XML (eXtended Markup Language) representation, which includes semantic information additional to the WSDL description, for automatically adapting Web Service invocation request input parameters into another format or unit for target Web Services; and definitions of adaptations for converting Web Service input parameters into formats and/or units sufficient for invoking target Web Services, to achieve the second format.