Semantic-based, service-oriented system and method of developing, programming and managing software modules and software solutions

A computer-implemented method for creating composite services, the method being performed by one or more computer processors, the method comprising:

• generating a graphical representation of a composite service through service-oriented, semantic-based programming, wherein the composite service comprises a configurable service having one or more user-defined data inputs and one or more user-defined data outputs, the composite service containing one or more child services;
• providing graphical means for mapping data between inputs and outputs of the one or more child services;
• providing implicit rules for data flow and the flow of execution/invocation of the child services, wherein one or more of the following are mappable:
• a) inputs of the composite service to inputs of any of the child services;
• b) outputs of multiple contained child services to outputs of the composite service;
• c) outputs of multiple child services to inputs of a single child service;
• and
• d) outputs of a single child service to inputs of multiple child services;
• providing the graphical representation of the composite service to a workspace displayed on a display device of a computing device;
• receiving a user selection of at least one of the one or more user-defined data inputs and at least one of the one or more user-defined data outputs;
• and
• in response to the user selection, processing data via the composite service and displaying the processed data to the display device based on the one or more user-defined data outputs.