Designing an Internet-based directory service for e-markets

  • Authors:

  • Nikos Manouselis;Constantina Costopoulou

  • Affiliations:

  • Informatics Laboratory, Division of Informatics, Mathematics and Statistics, Department of Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 118 55 Athens, Greece;Informatics Laboratory, Division of Informatics, Mathematics and Statistics, Department of Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 118 55 Athens, Greece

  • Venue:
  • Information Services and Use
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The application of Internet technologies to online transactions has lead to the amazing growth of Internet-based electronic markets (e-markets). This paper describes an Internet-based directory service for e-markets that aims to facilitate online buyers by making the process of finding an e-market easier and less time-consuming. This service, termed e-Market Metadata (eMaM) directory service, is based on a metadata repository of e-markets' descriptions. These descriptions store a number of e-market characteristics according to the 'Dublin Core for E-Markets' (DC-EM) metadata model which has been developed for this purpose. In particular, this paper introduces metadata models and describes the DC-EM metadata model. Then, it presents the specification and implementation of the eMaM service using the Unified Modelling Language (UML). Finally, a pilot usage of the implemented eMaM service that examines 120 B2B, B2C, and C2C e-markets for various business sectors is discussed.