Semantic web service engineering for semantic business process management

  • Authors:

  • Mick Kerrigan;Barry Norton;Elena Simperl;Dieter Fensel

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Innsbruck, Austria;Open University, United Kingdom;University of Innsbruck, Austria;University of Innsbruck, Austria

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The Semantic Business Process Management (SPBM) approach from the SUPER project utilizes a Semantic Execution Environment (SEE) for the automatic discovery, composition, mediation, and invocation of Web services. In order to enable the Semantic Execution Environment, an engineer must create semantic descriptions of functional, nonfunctional, and behavioural aspects of Web services and enduser requirements. In this paper we take the first step into the emerging field of Semantic Web Service engineering by identifying a number of application scenarios within which Semantic Web Services can be used and identifying the different engineering activities that the engineer must perform in order to enable these scenarios. Information was elicited directly from those who are actively developing Semantic Web Services by the use of survey. Thus the scenarios are built based on direct input from a cross section of the Semantic Web Service community. The results in this paper act as a starting point for the Semantic Web Service engineering methodology that we are currently in the process of developing.