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Bringing Semantics to Web Services: The OWL-S Approach

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Semantic Web Services and Web Process Composition (SWSWPC 2004)

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Abstract

Service interface description languages such as WSDL, and related standards, are evolving rapidly to provide a foundation for interoperation between Web services. At the same time, Semantic Web service technologies, such as the Ontology Web Language for Services (OWL-S), are developing the means by which services can be given richer semantic specifications. Richer semantics can enable fuller, more flexible automation of service provision and use, and support the construction of more powerful tools and methodologies. Both sets of technologies can benefit from complementary uses and cross-fertilization of ideas. This paper shows how to use OWL-S in conjunction with Web service standards, and explains and illustrates the value added by the semantics expressed in OWL-S.

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  1. Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA

    David Martin, Mark Burstein, Drew McDermott, Deborah McGuinness, Bijan Parsia, Terry Payne, Marta Sabou, Monika Solanki, Naveen Srinivasan & Katia Sycara

  2. Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Massimo Paolucci, Mark Burstein, Drew McDermott, Deborah McGuinness, Bijan Parsia, Terry Payne, Marta Sabou, Monika Solanki, Naveen Srinivasan & Katia Sycara

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Sheila McIlraith, Mark Burstein, Drew McDermott, Deborah McGuinness, Bijan Parsia, Terry Payne, Marta Sabou, Monika Solanki, Naveen Srinivasan & Katia Sycara

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Martin, D. et al. (2005). Bringing Semantics to Web Services: The OWL-S Approach. In: Cardoso, J., Sheth, A. (eds) Semantic Web Services and Web Process Composition. SWSWPC 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3387. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30581-1_4

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