Method and system to collect and communicate problem context in XML-based distributed applications

A computerized method for capturing message-based scenarios for distributed applications, comprising:

• establishing communications between at least one web service client and at least one web service;
• collecting message exchanges between said web service client and said web service that includes a request message and an associated response message sent between said at least one web service client and said at least one web service;
• capturing a complete snapshot of a service description of said distributed applications at a specific time, service description including at least one closure;
• and
• reproducing the complete and accurate data of a web service scenario from said message exchanges and said service description and allowing for active reproduction at a later time of said web service scenario and said problem context and identification of errors therein,
• wherein said snapshot includes a set of message exchanges including said request message and said associated response message sent between said web service client and said web service.

A computerized method for collecting and communicating reproducible web service artifacts, the computerized method comprising:

• capturing a set of service description artifacts including at least one closure, wherein the set of service description artifacts includes a complete snapshot of a service description;
• collecting a set of message exchange artifacts between a web service client and a web service, wherein said set of message exchange artifacts includes a request artifact and an associated response artifact sent between said web service client and said web service;
• creating a workspace representing a problem context and comprising a set of message exchanges and corresponding service description from at least a portion of said set of service description artifacts and at least a portion of said set of messages exchange artifacts, wherein said workspace is a reproducible representation of the complete and accurate data of a web service scenario;
• allowing for active reproduction at a later time of said web service scenario and problem context and identification of errors therein;
• and
• sharing said workspace,
• wherein said set of message exchanges includes said request artifact and said associated response artifact sent between said web service client device and said web service.