A METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A NETWORK PLATFORM FOR RENTING THE ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS

摘要

A method for establishing a network platform for renting the electronic publications adopts a grid technology, links to the Internet via various networks, and establishes the network platform having an information service grid character for renting the electronic publication. Three kinds of nodes are established in the information service grid: the first kind of node is established as the service domain owner and the administrator grid node; the second kind of node is established as the service consumer grid node which is composed of the consumers of the electronic publication; and the third kind of node is established as the service provider grid node which is composed of the publishers of the electronic publication; the three kinds of nodes provide the network information service by utilizing the grid computing mode and the SOAP. The service provider grid nodes can do online maintenance on the content of the electronic publication provided by them and collect the charge. And the service consumer grid nodes can obtain the service provided by the service provider nodes through the variant service paths, which are provided by the service domain owner and the administrator gird nodes, and pay the service fee.