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A framework for deriving semantic web services

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  • David Bell

    (Brunel University)

  • Sergio Cesare

    (Brunel University)

  • Nicola Iacovelli

    (Svimservice S.p.A.)

  • Mark Lycett

    (Brunel University)

  • Antonio Merico

    (Svimservice S.p.A.)

Abstract

Web service-based development represents an emerging approach for the development of distributed information systems. Web services have been mainly applied by software practitioners as a means to modularize system functionality that can be offered across a network (e.g., intranet and/or the Internet). Although web services have been predominantly developed as a technical solution for integrating software systems, there is a more business-oriented aspect that developers and enterprises need to deal with in order to benefit from the full potential of web services in an electronic market. This ‘ignored’ aspect is the representation of the semantics underlying the services themselves as well as the ‘things’ that the services manage. Currently languages like the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) provide the syntactic means to describe web services, but lack in providing a semantic underpinning. In order to harvest all the benefits of web services technology, a framework has been developed for deriving business semantics from syntactic descriptions of web services. The benefits of such a framework are two-fold. Firstly, the framework provides a way to gradually construct domain ontologies from previously defined technical services. Secondly, the framework enables the migration of syntactically defined web services toward semantic web services. The study follows a design research approach which (1) identifies the problem area and its relevance from an industrial case study and previous research, (2) develops the framework as a design artifact and (3) evaluates the application of the framework through a relevant scenario.

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  • David Bell & Sergio Cesare & Nicola Iacovelli & Mark Lycett & Antonio Merico, 2007. "A framework for deriving semantic web services," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 9(1), pages 69-84, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:infosf:v:9:y:2007:i:1:d:10.1007_s10796-006-9018-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s10796-006-9018-z
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    1. Roy Gronmo & David Skogan & Ida Solheim & Jon Oldevik, 2004. "Model-Driven Web Service Development," International Journal of Web Services Research (IJWSR), IGI Global, vol. 1(4), pages 1-13, October.
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