Refining composition instrumentation for services

A computer program product for creating a service composition, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a plurality of software modules, wherein each software module performs part of a service requested by one or more users on a network;
• program instructions to collect one or more attributes and one or more dependencies for each of the plurality of software modules, wherein:
• the one or more attributes are information that describe one or more properties of a respective software module and includes one or more of the following:
• composability, sub-function, dependency type, and composition type;
• and
• the one or more dependencies are information that describe one or more reliances of a respective software module and includes one or more of the following:
• pre-deployment condition, post-deployment condition, composability type, and composability attribute;
• program instructions to append information about the one or more attributes and the one or more dependencies to each respective software module;
• program instructions to store each of the plurality of software modules with the, respective, appended information in a database, wherein the database is a knowledge base, and wherein one or more reports are generated that include a collection of the plurality of software modules with the, respective, appended information;
• and
• program instructions to create a service composition comprised of a combination of the plurality of software modules, based on the appended information and the service requested by the one or more users on the network.

A computer system for creating a service composition, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors, one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a plurality of software modules, wherein each software module performs part of a service requested by one or more users on a network;
• program instructions to collect one or more attributes and one or more dependencies for each of the plurality of software modules, wherein:
• the one or more attributes are information that describe one or more properties of a respective software module and includes one or more of the following:
• composability, sub-function, dependency type, and composition type;
• and
• the one or more dependencies are information that describe one or more reliances of a respective software module and includes one or more of the following:
• pre-deployment condition, post-deployment condition, composability type, and composability attribute;
• program instructions to append information about the one or more attributes and the one or more dependencies to each respective software module;
• program instructions to store each of the plurality of software modules with the, respective, appended information in a database, wherein the database is a knowledge base, and wherein one or more reports are generated that include a collection of the plurality of software modules with the, respective, appended information;
• and
• program instructions to create a service composition comprised of a combination of the plurality of software modules, based on the appended information and the service requested by the one or more users on the network.