Semantic web technologies for enterprise application integration
Author(s) -
Nenad Aničić,
Nenad Ivezic
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
computer science and information systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.244
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2406-1018
pISSN - 1820-0214
DOI - 10.2298/csis0501119a
Subject(s) - computer science , interoperability , semantic web , ontology based data integration , xml schema editor , owl s , software engineering , enterprise application integration , xml , world wide web , information retrieval , semantic web stack , enterprise systems engineering , enterprise architecture , art , architecture , visual arts
Large industrial interoperability projects use syntax-based Enterprise Application Integration standards, such as XML Schema, to accomplish interoperable data exchange among enterprise applications. In this paper, we describe an approach to assess the potential impact of Semantic Web technologies on these standards and on testability of integration results when using these standards. The experimental approach includes an automated translation of an XML Schema-based representation of business document content models into an OWL-based ontology. Based on this ontology, we use the Semantic Web representation and reasoning mechanisms to validate ontological constructs and constraints in support of data exchange. We demonstrate novel, model-based integration capabilities that go beyond the existing syntax-based approaches. These new capabilities are relevant when managing multiple enterprise ontologies derived from a common ontology.
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