Achieving System and Business Interoperability by Semantic Web Services

2009 ◽  
pp. 172-194
Author(s):  
John Krogstie ◽  
Csaba Veres ◽  
Guttorm Sindre
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Real World ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Knowledge Work ◽  
Semantic Web Services ◽  
Workflow Modeling ◽  
Conceptual Information ◽  
Traditional Production ◽  
Business Interoperability

Much of the early focus in the area of Semantic Web has been on the development of representation languages for static conceptual information; while there has been less emphasis on how to make Semantic Web applications practically useful in the context of knowledge work. To achieve this, a better coupling is needed between ontology, service descriptions, and workflow modeling, including both traditional production workflow and interactive workflow techniques. This chapter reviews the basic technologies involved in this area to provide system and business interoperability, and outlines what can be achieved by merging them in the context of real-world workflow descriptions.

Achieving System and Business Interoperability by Semantic Web Services

2011 ◽  
pp. 731-751
Author(s):  
John Krogstie ◽  
Csaba Veres ◽  
Guttorm Sindre
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Real World ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Knowledge Work ◽  
Semantic Web Services ◽  
Workflow Modeling ◽  
Conceptual Information ◽  
Traditional Production ◽  
Business Interoperability

Much of the early focus in the area of Semantic Web has been on the development of representation languages for static conceptual information; while there has been less emphasis on how to make Semantic Web applications practically useful in the context of knowledge work. To achieve this, a better coupling is needed between ontology, service descriptions, and workflow modeling, including both traditional production workflow and interactive workflow techniques. This chapter reviews the basic technologies involved in this area to provide system and business interoperability, and outlines what can be achieved by merging them in the context of real-world workflow descriptions.

Integrating Semantic Web Technology, Web Services, and Workflow Modeling

2011 ◽  
pp. 591-610
Author(s):  
John Krogstie ◽  
Csaba Veres ◽  
Guttorm Sindre
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Real World ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Knowledge Work ◽  
Web Technology ◽  
Workflow Modeling ◽  
Conceptual Information ◽  
Semantic Web Technology ◽  
Traditional Production ◽  
Business Interoperability

Much of the early focus in the area of Semantic Web has been on the development of representation languages for static conceptual information, while there has been less emphasis on how to make Semantic Web applications practically useful in the context of knowledge work. To achieve this, a better coupling is needed between ontology, service descriptions and workflow modeling, including both traditional production workflow and interactive workflow techniques This article reviews the basic technologies involved in this area to provide system and business interoperability, and outlines what can be achieved by merging them in the context of real world workflow descriptions.

scholarly journals iSemServ: A model-driven approach for developing semantic web services

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jabu Mtsweni ◽  
Elmarie Biermann ◽  
Laurette Pretorius
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Real World ◽  
Semantic Web Services ◽  
Suggested Approach ◽  
The Real ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Ontology Language ◽  
Description Languages ◽  
Model Driven Approach

The benefits of incorporating Semantic Web Services in web applications are well documented. However, both the real-world implementation and adoption of these services are still rather limited in practice. This is despite the promises that extend syntactic Web services with capabilities such as automatic service discovery, composition, and execution. Some of the barriers to the real-world implementation are the complexities and tool support related to the development of Semantic Web Services. In this article, the main challenge that is addressed is the tight coupling of existing Semantic Web Services (SWS) development platforms to specific semantic description languages and service description languages, which unintentionally lead to unbending service development environments. The main contribution in this article is therefore a model-driven approach called iSemServ that exploits mature technologies, such as UML, and model-transformation techniques for simplifying and semi-automating the development of SWS using description languages of choice, such as Web Ontology Language for Services (OWL-S) and Web Application Description Language (WADL). A design science research methodology was employed in conducting the study. The suggested approach was practically implemented as an Eclipse plug-in and evaluated based on a real-world use case scenario and comparative analysis of related solutions. The evaluation results show that our proposed solution is relevant and appropriate in aiding the semi-automatic development of SWS, albeit with a number of limitations that could be addressed by extending the proposed practical solution.

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