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Case studies play an important role for validations in general. In particular, they are the first step to a comprehensive validation of USDL, because they can create feedback regarding usability, feasibility, completeness etc. of certain aspects of USDL. This chapter contains the findings of executing four different case studies: services in the energy domain, services for mobile users, manual services for insurances, and services for B2B integration. Each case study originates from a different company and provides its own conclusion. In general, the case studies show that USDL can be used to realize the described scenarios. However, they identify also room for improvement: the scope of USDL should be limited (don’t try to be “universal”), semantic technologies should be used, and a simple API is necessary.
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Schäffler, M. et al. (2012). Case Studies. In: Barros, A., Oberle, D. (eds) Handbook of Service Description. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1864-1_18
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