The Semantic Web as a Catalyst for Enterprise/Industrial Interoperability

Author(s):  
Athanasios P. Kalogeras ◽  
Christos Alexakos ◽  
Manos Georgoudakis

The modern enterprise has to operate in quite a challenging environment that is characterized by competition on a global scale. The need for increased enterprise competitiveness is the driving force behind enterprise interoperability. Starting from B2B applications and relevant technologies, and taking advantage of the technological advancements of the Semantic Web, enterprise interoperability includes both intra-enterprise interoperability of different units/systems of an enterprise and inter-enterprise interoperability of collaborating and at the same time competing enterprises. Enterprise modeling and Semantic Web technologies result in the formal description of the enterprise environment and the exposal of its functionalities as services. Such services represent a major mechanism of the Internet of the future enabling a more innovation driven economy.

Informatica ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Dagienė ◽  
Daina Gudonienė ◽  
Renata Burbaitė

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Stephens ◽  
A. Morales ◽  
M. Quinlan

Author(s):  
Leila Zemmouchi-Ghomari

Industry 4.0 is a technology-driven manufacturing process that heavily relies on technologies, such as the internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, web services, and big real-time data. Industry 4.0 has significant potential if the challenges currently being faced by introducing these technologies are effectively addressed. Some of these challenges consist of deficiencies in terms of interoperability and standardization. Semantic Web technologies can provide useful solutions for several problems in this new industrial era, such as systems integration and consistency checks of data processing and equipment assemblies and connections. This paper discusses what contribution the Semantic Web can make to Industry 4.0.


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