iSemServ: Towards the Engineering of Intelligent Semantic-Based Services

Abstract

The emergence of Semantic Web Services is stimulating the need for modern enterprises to efficiently and rapidly develop and deliver machineprocessable and machine-interpretable value-added services in order to automate a variety of tasks on the Web. However, semantic-based services are scarcely adopted and utilised as there are few real-life examples that demonstrate the possibilities and benefits of such services. Furthermore, there is a lack of service creation frameworks and technical platforms that purport to guide and promote simple, flexible, rapid, and unified engineering of semantic-based services. In addition, current semantic service platforms do not support the construction of semantic services that are intelligent beyond the application of ontologies. In this position paper, preliminary efforts that seek to address the challenges of simplifying and speeding-up the engineering process of intelligent semantic services are presented. The goal of the work presented in this paper is about providing service providers, designers, and consumers with simple, unified, and yet simple tools that can aid in the technical implementation of intelligent semantic-based services. The main contributions envisioned from this research is a conceptual service creation framework called iSemServ and a technological service creation platform, which is intended to simplify and support the phases of building intelligent semantic services in an integrated manner. The proposed research adopts a quantitative approach with the main focus on model-building, prototypes, laboratory experiments, and computer-based simulations.

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“…Teachers assumed that when students know that they will be punished for performing poorly, it will motivate them to perform better in school (Mweri, 2010). Mtsweni et al (2010) observes further that most teachers feel incapacitated and helpless in dealing with students' misbehaviours when corporal punishment was ban in Ghanaian schools.…”

iSemServ: A model-driven approach for developing semantic web services

“…This is referred to as an artefact in DSR. It should also be noted that an extensive version of the proposed solution, which includes the support for developing intelligent SWS is presented in [9]. The approach as demonstrated in Figure 2 is presented as a multi-layered architecture, made up of three core layers, namely: services layer, semantics layer, and knowledge layer.…”

“…Nevertheless, the real-world implementation and adoption of SWS has remained limited to date. Various major challenges that are contributing to this lack of implementation and usage have been identified [1] [7] [8] [9]. Some common issues include the lack of effective tools [4], non-integration of SWS technologies into existing technologies [10], high costs of adopting service-oriented architectures [11], steep learning curves, high complexity of prominent heavy-weight semantic models, and concerns over agreement in semantic modelling standards [6].…”