A Proposal for a Semantic Web Service Description Format
Journal
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
ISSN
0302-9743
ISBN
3-540-23202-8
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2004-09-27
Author(s)
Peer, Joachim
;
Vukovic, Maja
Editor(s)
Zhang, Liang-Jie (LJ)
Jeckle, Mario
Abstract
Automatic evaluation and consumption of Web services requires a comprehensive semantic information model of a Web service. One example of a language that facilitates capability-driven description of services is OWL-S. However, it imposes two limitations: (1) it offers no native support for the description of certain rule types often needed for service description and (2) it leads to very large service description documents that are difficult to read and write. In this paper, we propose an XML-based markup format that addresses these problems and allows for semantic annotation of Web services of different technical flavors. This work is inspired by OWL-S, however it makes certain design decisions aimed to increase the ease of use of semantic Web service descriptions, by presenting a significantly more compact syntax for service markup and grounding. Furthermore, the proposed description format provides support for non-deterministic service operations.
Language
English
Keywords
Web services
Semantic Web service
Web service description
OWL-S
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Web Services
Publisher
Springer
Publisher place
Berlin
Volume
Vol. 3250
Start page
285
End page
300
Pages
16
Event Title
European Conference on Web Services (ECOWS'04)
Event Location
Erfurt
Event Date
27.-30.09.2004
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
16502