Multi-layer tree hierarchical architecture based on web service

Abstract

To solve the problem of the information share and services integration in population information system, we propose a multi-layer tree hierarchical architecture. The command (Web Service Call) is recursively multicast from top layer of tree to bottom layer of tree and statistical data are gathered from bottom layer to top layer. We implemented the architecture by using Web Services technology. In our implementation, client program is the requestor of Web Services, and all leaf nodes of the last layer are only the provider of Web Services. For those nodes of intermediate layers, every node is not only the provider of Web Services, but also the dispatcher of Web Services. We take population census as an example to describe the working flow of the architecture.