Ontologies-Based Business Integration

By: Michael Rebstock, K.-D. Naujok (Contribution by), Fengel Janina

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E-business integration is a vision we have developed over a long period of time. As we have worked in business practice for many years prior to and in parallel with our academic research, we have always thought of such - tegration not only as an intellectual challenge but also as a real business tool. Consequently, when we started our project on Ontologies-based R- onciliation for Business Integration (ORBI) in 2004, not only pure science but also business objectives were at the center of our research. We were very happy to be able to form a project consortium that consisted not only of renowned researchers but also of experienced business practitioners from a range of companies. Each played a specific role - as user, provider or co-developer of the application components that are based on the me- ods we have developed. So may this book find its way not only to the desks of researchers and students, but also into the offices and minds of business practitioners worldwide who are dealing with the challenge of integrating their business processes, applications and information. This book is, in the most general sense, about understanding each other - that is, what we do and think. Needless to say, within the project itself, and its environment, we had many opportunities to apply this underlying philosophy. In the end, the results prove it was worth the effort.

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Coping with Semantic Variety in E-Business	p. 1
Semantic Variety and Ambiguity	p. 1
Research Agenda	p. 3
Research Objectives	p. 5
Business Application Domains	p. 8
Book Structure	p. 9
E-Business Integration: Processes, Applications, Standards
Integrating Processes, Applications and Information	p. 13
The Business Case for E-Integration	p. 13
The Business Process Paradigm	p. 14
Process Integration	p. 14
Business Processes and Information Technology	p. 15
Application Integration	p. 16
Networks for Application Integration	p. 16
Business Applications	p. 17
Intercompany Document Exchange - EDI	p. 18
Supply Chain Management	p. 20
Electronic Markets	p. 22
Information Integration	p. 26
Information Concept and Typology	p. 26
Integration Levels	p. 28
Integration Methods	p. 29
E-Business Standards	p. 31
Definition	p. 31
An E-Business Standards Typology	p. 32
Formatting Technical and Business Information	p. 32
Levels of E-Business Standardization	p. 33
Standards Typology Model	p. 39
Technical Standards	p. 41
Syntactic Standards	p. 41
Semantic Standards	p. 44
Identification Standards	p. 46
Classification Standards	p. 49
Catalog Exchange Formats	p. 55
Transaction Standards	p. 58
Process Standards	p. 62
Semantic Variety	p. 64
Application Scope of E-Business Semantics	p. 64
Semantic Heterogeneity	p. 65
Criteria for Standards Selection	p. 68
E-Business Diffusion and Standard Adoption	p. 70
Case Study: Designing ebXML - The Work of UN/CEFACT	p. 79
Background - UN/CEFACT's B2B Goal	p. 79
The ebXML Vision à la UN/CEFACT	p. 80
The ebXML Scenario	p. 81
The Role of Large Companies/Organizations/Industries	p. 82
How SMEs Will Benefit	p. 84
The ebXML Initiative (1999-2001)	p. 84
The Transition Period (2001-2004)	p. 87
A Critical Evaluation of ebXML	p. 88
Did ebXML Fulfill Its Promise?	p. 89
The Successful Elements of ebXML	p. 90
Why Didn't the ebXML Elements Dealing with Business Semantics Succeed?	p. 91
Conclusion	p. 92
Knowledge Management Technologies
Ontology Engineering	p. 97
Ontologies in Computer Science	p. 97
Structure	p. 98
Types of Ontologies	p. 100
Representation	p. 102
Logical Representation	p. 102
Ontology Languages	p. 104
Visualization	p. 107
Ontology Mismatches	p. 109
Types of Mismatch	p. 109
Basic Resolution Approaches	p. 112
Engineering Techniques	p. 112
Creation	p. 113
Coordination	p. 115
Merging	p. 123
Advanced Knowledge Creation Techniques	p. 125
Methods from Artificial Intelligence	p. 125
Ontology Inference and Ontology Reasoning	p. 126
Machine Learning	p. 127
Knowledge Evolution	p. 129
Ontology Mapping Disambiguation	p. 132
Ratings- and Context-Based Approaches	p. 132
Community-Based Approaches	p. 136
Semantic Web Programming Frameworks	p. 139
Rationale	p. 139
Basic Framework Features	p. 140
Advanced Framework Features	p. 141
Framework Examples	p. 142
E-Business Integration with Semantic Technologies
A Methodology for Semantic E-Business Integration	p. 153
Semantic Synchronization	p. 153
Synchronization in E-Business Processes	p. 154
Semantic References	p. 155
Adaptive Semi-automated Semantic Referencing	p. 156
Step 1: Conversion	p. 157
Step 2: Matching and Mapping	p. 158
Step 3: Deducing New Knowledge	p. 160
Step 4: Storage	p. 160
Steps 5 and 6: Reference Provision	p. 160
Steps 7 and 8: Intelligence Collection	p. 161
Context Sensitivity	p. 162
Ratings	p. 162
Context Definition	p. 163
Context Description	p. 165
Determination	p. 166
Comprehensive Semantic Support	p. 171
Access Control for E-Business Integration	p. 173
Rationale	p. 173
Scenario	p. 174
History-Based Access Control	p. 176
Histories	p. 176
Operations	p. 178
Rules	p. 179
Security Architecture	p. 181
Architecture Overview	p. 181
Workflow	p. 182
Modeling Access to Standards	p. 183
Related Work	p. 190
Conclusion	p. 191
Case Study: An Application for Dynamic Semantic E-Business Integration - The ORBI Ontology Mediator	p. 193
E-Business Integration Scenarios	p. 193
User Interface	p. 194
Browser Plug-In for Web-Based E-Business Applications	p. 196
Web-Service-Based Application Integration	p. 197
Use Cases	p. 200
Administrator Activities	p. 200
User Activities	p. 201
Expert User Activities	p. 202
System Activities	p. 203
Web Service Functionality	p. 204
Core Functions	p. 205
Advanced Functions	p. 205
Support Functions	p. 206
Class Model for Reference Management	p. 207
Implementation	p. 208
Technology	p. 208
System Architecture	p. 208
System Functionality	p. 210
External Systems Adapters	p. 213
System Evaluation	p. 215
Discussion	p. 218
Business Integration - Past, Present and Beyond	p. 221
Technical Challenges	p. 222
Business Challenges	p. 223
Conceptual Challenges	p. 224
List of Abbreviations	p. 227
List of Figures	p. 231
List of Tables	p. 235
References	p. 237
Index	p. 263
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