Categories of the ACM Taxonomy for Services Computing

 M. Services Computing

  1. General
  2. Principles of Services
    1. General
      1. Services Systems
      2. Services Models
      3. Services Technologies
      4. Services Architectures
      5. Optimization of Services Systems
  3. Services Lifecycle
    1. General
      1. Consulting and Strategic Planning
      2. Services Engagement
      3. Services Delivery
      4. Services Operation
      5. Services Billing
      6. Services Management
    2. Key Factors in Services Lifecycle
      1. Data/Information
      2. Processes
      3. People
      4. Resources
      5. Finance Factors
      6. Knowledge and Skills
      7. Innovation and Technology
    3. Service-Oriented Business Models
      1. Services Modernization
      2. Software As Services
      3. Services As Software
  4. Web Services
    1. General
      1. Web Services Modeling
      2. Web Services Communication Protocols
      3. Web Services Binding
      4. Web Services Publishing
      5. Stateful Web Services
      6. Web Services Interoperability
    2. Composite Services
      1. Composite Web Services
      2. Representation of Composite Services
      3. Three-Dimensional Modeling
    3. Web Services Publishing
      1. Public Services Registry
      2. Private Services Registry
      3. Distributed Services Registry
    4. Web Services Discovery
      1. Search Discovery Language
      2. Services Discovery Engine
      3. Services Discovery Process and Methodology
      4. Services Discovery Architecture
      5. Federated Services Discovery
  5. Service-Oriented Architecture
    1. General
      1. Operational Model
      2. Realization
    2. Services Innovation
      1. Simple Services Invocation
      2. Metadata of Services Interfaces
      3. Metadata Publishing
      4. Advanced Services Invocation Framework
    3. Bridging Business and IT Architecture
      1. Enterprise Level Transformation
      2. Process Level Transformation
      3. Programming Level Transformation
    4. Solution Lifecycle
      1. Solution Modeling
      2. Solution Development
      3. Solution Deployment
      4. Solution Publishing
      5. Solution Discovery
      6. Solution Invocation
      7. Solution Composition
      8. Collaborations in Solution
      9. Solution Monitoring
      10. Solution Management
    5. Solution Reference Architectures
      1. Architecture Overview Diagram
      2. User Interaction and Presentation
      3. Processes
      4. Services
      5. Services Components
      6. Operational Systems
      7. Integration
      8. Quality of Services
      9. Data Architecture
      10. Goverance
  6. Services Relationships
    1. General
      1. Relationships in Services Registries
      2. Relationship Specification Languages
    2. Web Services Relationship Language
      1. Relationship Modeling Schema
      2. Layered Services Relationship Modeling
      3. Extensions
    3. Service-Oriented Relationship Modeling
      1. Business Services Relationship
      2. Modeling at Business Entity Level
      3. Modeling at Business Service Level
      4. Relationship Enriched Services Registry
  7. Services Composition
    1. General
      1. Aspects of Business Requirements
      2. Business Requirements Modeling
      3. Requirements Driven Services Discovery
      4. Formalization of Services Composition
    2. Services Integration Framework
      1. Services Integration Procedure
      2. Optimization of Services Composition
    3. Services Value Chain Collaboration
      1. Inter-Enterprise Collaboration
      2. Intra-Enterprise Collaboration
      3. Extended Business Collaboration Model
      4. Annotated Business HyperChain
      5. Web Services Collaboration Resources
      6. Collaboration Message Primitives
      7. Collaboration Construct
      8. Collaboration Exchange Protocol
  8. Business Process Management and Integration
    1. General
      1. Business Process Modeling
      2. Business Process Management
    2. Service-Oriented Business Process Management
      1. Top-Down Process Management
      2. Bottom-Up Process Management
      3. Business Process Reengineering
      4. Process Re-engineering Methodology
    3. Flexible Business Process Integration
      1. Lifecycle of an Integration Activity
      2. Integration Activity Modeling
      3. Business Process Monitoring
  9. Business Grid
    1. General
      1. Service-Oriented Grid Computing
      2. Business Grid Solution Framework
    2. Logical Grid Infrastructure
      1. Packaged Application Grid
      2. Business Grid Middleware
      3. Business Process Grid
    3. Business Grid Solution Development
      1. Business Grid Service Development
      2. Business Grid Service Invocation
  10. Enterprise Modeling and Management
    1. General
      1. Dynamics of Services Ecosystem
      2. Requirements for Enterprise Modeling
    2. Methodologies for Enterprise Modeling
      1. Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Map
      2. Component Business Modeling Circle
      3. Enterprise Architecture
      4. Enterprise Transformation
    3. Enterprise Performance Management
      1. Enterprise Project Management
      2. Enterprise Performance Management
      3. Service-Oriented Enterprise Management
      4. Enterprise Portfolio Management
  11. Service-Oriented Consulting Methodology
    1. General
      1. Consulting Method for Strategic Change
      2. Consulting Method for IT Strategic Plan
    2. Service-Oriented Business Consulting
      1. Gap Analysis
      2. Initiatives Identification
      3. Value Chain Analysis
      4. Business Case Analysis
      5. Portfolio Analysis
      6. Transition Planning
      7. Project Management and Collaboration
      8. IT Service Management
  12. Services Delivery Platform and Methodology
    1. General
      1. Services Delivery Mechanisms
      2. Services Engineering
    2. Service-Oriented Services Delivery Platform
      1. Services Delivery Platform
      2. Collaborative Services Delivery Platform
      3. Common Services
    3. Services Delivery Methodology
      1. Services Delivery Readiness Phase
      2. Services Delivery Creation Phase
      3. Services Delivery Operation
    4. Software as Services
      1. Web 2.0 and Web X.0
      2. Service Mash-up
      3. New Business Models
    5. Services as Software
      1. Asset-based Services Model
      2. Services Software
  13. Application Services and Standards
    1. General
      1. Case Studies in Industry
      2. Case Studies in Scientific Applications
      3. Case Studies in Government
    2. Solution-Level Quality of Service
      1. Context-Aware QoS Model
      2. Representation of QoS Model
      3. QoS Data Management
      4. Business Relationship Model
      5. Solution-Level QoS Framework
    3. Data Architecture Framework
      1. Constructs in Data Architecture
      2. Relationships Between Constructs
    4. QoS Management Modeling
      1. Modeling of Resources
      2. Modeling the QoS Assurance Process
    5. Web Services Standard Stack
      1. Transport
      2. Messaging
      3. Description/Publishing/Discovery
      4. Quality of Service
      5. Service Composition
    6. Industry-Specific Standards
      1. Service-Oriented Solution Reference Architecture
      2. New Standards
      3. Case Studies
  14. Security and Privacy in Services
    1. General
      1. Security Concerns of Service-Oriented Solutions
      2. Privacy Concerns of Service-Oriented Solutions
    2. Access Control in Services Systems
      1. Role-Based Access Control
      2. Policy-Based Access Control
      3. Case Study: Single-Sign-On
    3. Security Enablement in Services Systems
      1. Service-Oriented Security Enablement at Software Level
      2. Service-Oriented Security Enablement at Hardware Level
      3. Service-Oriented Security Enablement at Solution Level
      4. Security Enablement Methods and Tools
    4. Privacy Management in Services Systems
      1. Privacy Management in Data Collection
      2. Privacy Management in Data Transformation
      3. Privacy Management in Data Dissemination
      4. Privacy Governance Methods and Tools
  15. IT Services Management
    1. General
      1. Management of Services Design
      2. Management of Services Delivery
    2. Application Management in Services
      1. Application Management in Services
      2. Application Development in Services
      3. Legacy Application Transformation in Services
    3. Infrastructure Management in Services
      1. Maturity Assessment in Services
      2. Network Management Services
      3. Server Management Services
      4. Data Center Management Services
    4. Business and IT Aligned Management Services
      1. Service-Level Agreement for Contracts
      2. Key Performance Indicators for Business Processes
      3. Quality of Services for Services
      4. Management Methods and Tools for Business and IT Alignment

The full ACM taxonomy list can be found here.