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Introduction to Semantic Web Services and Web Process Composition

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Semantic Web Services and Web Process Composition (SWSWPC 2004)

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Systems and infrastructures are currently being developed to support Web services. The main idea is to encapsulate an organization’s functionality within an appropriate interface and advertise it as Web services. While in some cases Web services may be utilized in an isolated form, it is normal to expect Web services to be integrated as part of Web processes. There is a growing consensus that Web services alone will not be sufficient to develop valuable Web processes due the degree of heterogeneity, autonomy, and distribution of the Web. Several researchers agree that it is essential for Web services to be machine understandable in order to support all the phases of the lifecycle of Web processes. This paper deals with two of the hottest R&D and technology areas currently associated with the Web — Web services and the Semantic Web. It presents how applying semantics to each of the steps in the Semantic Web Process lifecycle can help address critical issues in reuse, integration and scalability.

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  1. Departement of Mathematics and Engineering, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

    Jorge Cardoso

  2. Large Scale Distributed Information Systems (LSDIS) Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia, GA, USA

    Amit Sheth

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  1. SAP Research CEC Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 48, 01187, Dresden, Germany

    Jorge Cardoso

  2. Kno.e.sis Center, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. Dayton, Ohio,  

    Amit Sheth

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Cardoso, J., Sheth, A. (2005). Introduction to Semantic Web Services and Web Process Composition. In: Cardoso, J., Sheth, A. (eds) Semantic Web Services and Web Process Composition. SWSWPC 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3387. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30581-1_1

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