Developing SOA wrappers for communication purposes in rural areas

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dc.contributor.advisorThinyane, Mamelloen
dc.contributor.authorSamalenge, Jimmyen
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-13T00:07:24Z
dc.date.available2026-08-13T00:07:24Z
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.description.abstractThe introduction of Web Services as a platform upon which applications can communicate has contributed a great deal towards the expansion of World Wide Web technologies. The Internet and computing technologies have been some of the factors that have contributed to the socio-economic improvement of urban and industrial areas. This research focuses on the application of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services technologies in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) contexts. SOA is a style used to design distributed systems, and Web Services are some of the common realizations of the SOA. Web Services allow the exchange of data between two or more machines in a simple and standardized manner over the network. This has resulted in the augmentation of ways in which individuals in a society and in the world communicate. This research aims to develop a SOA-based system with services that are implemented as Web Services. The system is intended to support communication activities of Dwesa community members. The communication methods identified as the most commonly used in the Dwesa community are Short Message Services (SMSs) and voice calls. In this research we have identified further methods (i.e. Multimedia Message Service, Electronic mail and Instant Messaging) to augment communication activities in Dwesa. The developed system, therefore, exposes SMS Web Service, MMS Web Service, Email Web Service and IM Web Service that are consumed in machine-to-machine, machine-to-person and person-to-person types of communication. We have also implemented a one-stop communication shop, through a web portal which provides interfaces to the different communication modules. Elaborate functional and usability testing have also been undertaken to establish the viability and end-user acceptance of the system respectively. This research has provided the initial validation of the effectiveness of the SOA-based system in ICT4D contextsen
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dc.identifier.citationSamalenge, Jimmy. 2010en
dc.identifier.othervital:11386en
dc.identifier.otherhttp://hdl.handle.net/10353/320en
dc.identifier.otherComputer network architecturesen
dc.identifier.otherComputer architectureen
dc.identifier.otherComputer software -- Specificationsen
dc.identifier.otherRural development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.identifier.otherWeb servicesen
dc.identifier.otherSystem designen
dc.identifier.otherTechnological innovations -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/4619
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen
dc.publisherFaculty of Science & Agricultureen
dc.rightsUniversity of Fort Hareen
dc.subjectComputer network architecturesen
dc.subjectComputer architectureen
dc.subjectComputer software -- Specificationsen
dc.subjectRural development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.subjectWeb servicesen
dc.subjectSystem designen
dc.subjectTechnological innovations -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.titleDeveloping SOA wrappers for communication purposes in rural areasen
dc.title.alternativeDeveloping SOA wrappers for communication purposes in rural areasen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.typeMastersen
dc.typeMSc (Computer Science)en

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