Introduction
Service-oriented architectures provide an environment where multiple organizations can integrate their capabilities via their underlying web services.  In many operational environments, capabilities are defined by the exposure and accessibility of data.  Considering the variety of data in these environments, there is a measurable challenge to develop general architecture and enabling tools that facilitate the transformation of complex data into robust services. The intention of this workshop is to gather researchers, industry engineers, and government staff interested in the development of service-oriented architectures with a concentration on information mediation, sharing, reliability, and security. Also of great importance are the policies, approaches, and tools for governing such data-centric service-oriented architectures.
The 2008 International Workshop on Data-Centric Service-Oriented Architectures (DC-SOA’08) seeks to addresses these issues with the intent of bringing together a diverse set of stakeholders to discuss approaches that span multiple disciplines, domains, and types of organizations. As such, the organizers welcome unpublished papers that discuss research, applications, and experiences within this area. Topics of interest include, but not limited to:

• Enterprise-wide Data to Services Transformation
• Discovery, Composition, Mediation, and Sharing of EnterpriseData Services
• Enterprise Data Services Architecture and Paradigms
• Approaches for Data Services Governance
• Security Paradigms/Approaches for Data Services

Submissions
Authors should submit electronically a full paper (PDF file only) limited to 8 pages in IEEE Proceedings format to blakeb@cs.georgetown.edu. At least one author is required to register and attend the workshop to present the paper. The contact author should be footnoted with full contact information.

Workshop Timeline
April 7, 2008:
Workshop Paper Submissions Due
April 21, 2008:
Decision & Notification
May 10, 2008:
Deadline for camera-ready versions
July 20, 2008:
Workshop Program @ CEC/EEE08

Workshop Co-Chairs

Allen Perper, Senior Data Architect, Booz Allen and Hamilton
Sandeep Maripuri, Booz Allen and Hamilton
Scott Mitchell, Booz Allen and Hamilton
Susan Jaxel, Department of Defense
Rick Knowles, Sr. Principle Engineer and Manager, The MITRE Corporation

Tentative Program Committee:

Paul Buhler, College of Charleston
David Cunningham, Booz Allen Hamiliton
Csilla Farkas, University of South Carolina
Michael Huhns, University of South Carolina
Arnie Rosenthal, The MITRE Corporation
Chris Wheedleton, Cleared Solutions Inc