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The W3C Semantic Web initiative introduces new Web Services which include appropriate service description mechanisms.
Web Services promise a new level of service on top of the current web. However, in order to employ their full potential, appropriate service description mechanisms need to be developed. The W3C Semantic Web initiative intends to overcome these problems by introducing new Web Service methodologies and standards.
Intelligent Web Services
Before the Web Service infrastructure can realize the vision of automated service composition, more work needs to be done. Current technology around UDDI, WSDL, and SOAP provide limited support in mechanizing service recognition, service configuration and combination (i.e., realizing complex workflows and business logics with Web Services), service comparison and automated negotiation. In a business environment the vision of flexible and autonomous Web Service translates into automatic cooperation between enterprise services....
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(2008). Semantic Web Services. In: Furht, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Multimedia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78414-4_215
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