Systems and methods for communicating messages between web and non-web services

A system comprising:

• memory to store machine-readable instructions and data of the system;
• one or more processors to access the memory and execute the machine-readable instructions, the machine-readable instructions causing the one or more processors to:
• receive a registration request that includes web service subscriber and publisher data from a web service interface (WSI) that is located at a critical abstract layer (CAL), wherein the web service subscriber data identifies the non-web service as a subscriber of messages provided by a web service located on the Internet and the web service publisher data identifies the non-web service as a publisher of messages from which the web service is to retrieve messages;
• store at a publisher-subscriber database the web service subscriber and publisher data to register the non-web service with the service directory;
• and
• provide the web service subscriber and publisher data to the web service to enable the web service to communicate messages to and receive messages from the non-web service in response to registering the non-web service with the service directory;
• query the publisher-subscriber database for non-web service subscriber and publisher data for the non-web service, wherein the non-web service subscriber data identifies the web service as a subscriber of messages provided by the non-web service and the non-web service publisher data identifies the web service as a publisher of messages from which the non-web service is to retrieve messages;
• receive the non-web service subscriber and publisher data from the publisher-subscriber database in response to the query;
• provide the non-web service subscriber and publisher data to the WSI;
• provide the non-web service subscriber and publisher data from the WSI to the non-web service to enable the non-web service to communicate messages to and receive messages from the web service.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a web service interface (WSI), a registration request from a non-web service for registration with a service directory, the WSI being located at a critical abstract layer of a system that is configured according to an open mission system (OMS) standard and that includes the non-web service;
• registering the non-web service with the service directory based on the registration request from the non-web service;
• providing web service subscriber and publisher data to a web service located on the Internet to enable the web service to communicate messages to and receive messages from the non-web service in response to the non-web service registering with the service directory, wherein the web service subscriber data identifies the non-web service as a subscriber of messages provided by the web service and the web service publisher data identifies the non-web service as a publisher of messages from which the web service is to retrieve messages;
• receiving, at the service directory, a registration request from the web service to register with the service directory;
• registering the web service with the service directory based on the registration request from the web service;
• providing non-web service subscriber and publisher data for the non-web service to the WSI in response to registering the web service with the service directory, wherein the non-web service subscriber data identifies the web service as a subscriber of messages provided by the non-web service and the non-web service publisher data identifies the web service as a publisher of messages from which the non-web service is to retrieve messages;
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• providing the non-web service subscriber and publisher data from the WSI to the non-web service to enable the non-web service to communicate messages to and receive messages from the web service.