Interoperability of Enterprise Software And Applications

by Konstantas, Dimitri; Bourrieres, Jean-Paul; Leonard, Michel; Boudjlida, Nacer

• ISBN13: 9781846281518
• ISBN10: 1846281512
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-19
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Interoperability: the ability of a system or a product to work with other systems or products without special effort from the user is a key issue in manufacturing and industrial enterprise generally. It is fundamental to the production of goods and services quickly and at low cost at the same time as maintaining levels of quality and customisation. While data exchange and IT applications are vital contributions to successful interoperability, communications and common semantics can be just as important between businesses. Composed of more than 40 papers of international authorship, Interoperability of Enterprise Software and Applications ranges from academic research through case studies to industrial experience of interoperability. Many of the papers have examples and illustrations calculated to deepen understanding and generate new ideas. The INTEROP-ESAa??05 conference from which this book is drawn was sponsored by the European Union and the Swiss federal government under the IST research program and was further supported by International Society for Information Processing and the Association for Computing Machinery. A concise reference to the state of the art in software interoperability, Interoperability of Enterprise Software and Applications will be of great value to engineers and computer scientists working in manufacturing and other process industries and to software engineers and electronic and manufacturing engineers working in the academic environment.

Author Biography

Prof. Konstantas is the originator of the Object-oriented Interoperability concept, which placed the basis for the definition of interoperability issues between heterogenous Object Oriented systems and applications. He defined and implemented an inter-language interoperability support framework and proposed different services for object oriented interoperability support. He also worked in the design of applications with object oriented and agent systems, ranging from multimedia to medical applications, where the problems and issues related to interoperability were identified and different solutionswere opted. Today Prof. Konstantas works in the implementation of mobile health systems and services and is interested in the interoperability problems between divers information systems and services.Prof. Bourri+¿res, works in the models and methods for the use of production systems in modern manufacturing industries. In this context he is interested in the issues and problems related to the software and application life cycle management,where interoperability with new and emerging systems is of major importance. One of the objectives is the creation of unified model where the different issues coming from all levels of an industial system (machine level, management of the production site, multi-site management etc) and aggregation of the related information can be represented. The target being to allow the exchange of information and smooth operation at all levels of the IS. Prof. L+¬onard is working in the development of Information Systems and the problems arrising from the interoperability of diverse (legacy) Information Systems. inthis direction he has developed M7, an evolutionary approach for Information System design, offering an environment of specification in a common formalism and capitalizes the various specifications in order to make them reusable. He also works in the Specification and implementation of highly configurable coordination information systems with responsibility overlaping protocols on Workflow Information systems.Nacer Boudjlida  is a full professor  at the University Henri   Poincar+¬ Nancy 1 (F) and a researcher at LORIA (Lorraine  Laboratory of Research  in Computer   Science and Applications). As a  professor, his lectures include   the various   facets  of   databases (DBMS, database design, distribution, architecture, administration and  so on).  As a  researcher, his domain  of interest includes process modelling and support,  distributed and cooperative computing, semantic-based mediated architectures.  He  authored two books on databases and numerous papers on  software systems integration and  interoperability, on software  process modelling and support, etc.

Table of Contents

Interop-ESA 2005 Program Chairs	xiii
Development of a Metamodel to Foster Interoperability Along the Product Lifecycle Traceability	1	(12)
Sergio Terzi
Jacopo Cassina
Herve Panetto
Business Process Requirements, Modeling Technique and Standard: How to Identity Interoperability Gaps on a Process Level	13	(12)
Boriana D. Rukanova
Kees van Slooten
Robert A. Stegwee
An Architecture for Semantic Enterprise Application Integration Standards	25	(10)
Nenad Anicic
Nenad Ivezic
Albert Jones
Inter-Organization Interoperability in Transport Chains Using Adapters Based on Open Source Freeware	35	(8)
Paul Davidsson
Linda Ramstedt
Johanna Tornquist
MAFIIA -- an Architectural Description Framework: Experience from the Health Care Domain	43	(12)
Stale Walderhaug
Erlend Stav
Stein L. Tomassen
Lillian R&østad
Nils B. Moe
ISO Standards for Interoperability: a comparison	55	(10)
Kurt Kosanke
ONAR: An Ontologies-based Service Oriented Application Integration Framework	65	(10)
Dimitrios Tektonidis
Albert Bokma
Giles Oatley
Michael Salampasis
A Framework for Semantic Enterprise Integration	75	(12)
Said Izza
Lucien Vincent
Patrick Burlat
A Framework to Support Interoperability among Semantic Resources	87	(12)
Celson Lima
Catarina Ferreira Da Silva
Chan Le Duc
Alain Zarli
Virtual Breeding Environment: Working and Sharing Principles	99	(12)
Jaime Irigoyen
Nathalie Galeano
David Guerra
Arturo Molina
Modeling and using business collaborations	111	(12)
Giorgio Bruno
Establishing Interoperability of Coordination Protocols in ad hoc Inter-Organizational Collaborations	123	(12)
Bettina Bazijanec
Johannes Maria Zaha
Antonia Albani
Klaus Turowski
Ontology-based Interoperability Services for Semantic Collaboration in Open Networked Systems	135	(12)
Silvana Castano
Alfio Ferrara
Stefano Montanelli
Interoperability through integrating Semantic Web Technology, Web Services, and Workflow Modeling	147	(12)
John Krogstie
Csaba Veres
Guttorm Sindre
An M3--Neutral Infrastructure for Bridging Model Engineering and Ontology Engineering	159	(14)
Jean Bezivin
Vladan Devedzic
Dragan Djuric
Jean-Marie Favreau
Dragan Gasevic
Frederic Jouault
Contract-based Interoperability for E-Business Transactions	173	(12)
Sergei Artyshchev
Hans Weigand
Interoperability Middleware for Federated Enterprise Applications in web-Pilarcos	185	(12)
Lea Kutvonen
Toni Ruokolainen
Janne Metso
Juha-Pekka Haataja
Customizable Isolation in Transactional Workflow	197	(6)
Adnene Guabtni
Francois Charoy
Claude Godart
Transforming Workflow Graphs	203	(12)
Johann Eder
Wolfgang Grube
Horst Pichler
Interoperability Issues in Metamodelling Platforms	215	(12)
Harald Kuhn
Marion Murzek
Towards Using UML 2 for Modelling Web Service Collaboration Protocols	227	(12)
Gerhard Kramler
Elisabeth Kapsammer
Werner Retschitzegger
Gerti Kappel
Quantitative Analysis of Enterprise Architectures	239	(14)
Maria-Eugenia Jacob
Henk Jonkers
Mapping Specification in MDA: From Theory to Practice	253	(12)
Denivaldo Lopes
Slimane Hammoudi
Jean Bezivin
Frederic Jouault
Experiment in Model Driven Validation of BPEL Specifications	265	(12)
David H. Akehurst
Integrating Business Processes with Peer-to-Peer technology	277	(12)
Florian Kupsch
Dirk Werth
Design and Implementation of a Peer-to-Peer Data Quality Broker	289	(12)
Diego Milano
Monica Scannapieco
Tiziana Catarci
Moving from Internal to External Services Using Aspects	301	(10)
Martin Henkel
Gustav Bostrom
Jaana Wayrynen
Methodology for the Definition of a Glossary in a Collaborative Research Project and its Application to a European Network of Excellence	311	(12)
Paola Velardi
Raul Poler
Jose V. Tomas
Ontology-based Semantic Interoperability Tools for Service Dynamic Discovery	323	(12)
Devis Bianchini
Valeria De Antonellis
Identifying Business Components on the Basis of an Enterprise Ontology	335	(14)
Antonia Albani
Jan L.G. Dietz
Johannes Maria Zaha
Using Connectors for Deployment of Heterogeneous Applications in the Context of OMG D&C Specification	349	(12)
Lubomir Bulej
Tomas Bures
Development of an Integrated Retrieval System on Distributed KRISTAL--2002 Systems with Metadata Information	361	(12)
Young-Kwang Nam
Gui-Ja Choe
Byoung-Dai Lee
Jung-Hyun Seo
A Domain Model for the IST Infrastructure	373	(12)
Jan B.M. Goossenaerts
Towards a New Infrastructure Supporting Interoperability of Information Systems in Development: the Information System upon Information Systems	385	(12)
Thang Le Dinh
Design Solutions for Interoperability Using a Process Manager	397	(12)
Paul Johannesson
Erik Perjons
Benkt Wangler
Rose-Mharie Ahlfeldt
Towards an Interoperability Framework for Model-Driven Development of Software Systems	409	(12)
Brian Elvesaeter
Axel Hahn
Arne-Jørgen Berre
Tor Neple
Syndicate Data Incorporation into Data Warehouses: Contrasting Consumer Problems with Supplier Viewpoints	421	(12)
Mattias Strand
Bjorn Lundell
Conformance Testing of Open Interfaces in Healthcare Applications - Case Context Management	433	(12)
Tanja Toroi
Juha Mykkanen
Anne Eerola
Interoperability Research in the European Union	445	(2)
Arian Zwegers
The Knowledge Web Network of Excellence	447	(2)
Enrico Franconi
Interoperability Contributions of CrossWork	449	(2)
Nikolay Mehandjiev
Iain Duncan Stalker
Kurt Fessl
Georg Weichhart
Networked Organisations -- Research into Standards and Standardisation	451	(2)
Knut Blind
Kai Jakobs
Methods for the Analysis of Supply Network Processes at European SMEs	453	(2)
Markus Rabe
The INTEROP Network of Excellence	455	(4)
Jean-Paul Bourrieres
ATHENA - Advanced Technologies for Interoperability of Heterogeneous Enterprise Networks and their Applications	459	(2)
Rainer Ruggaber
Terregov: eGovernment Interoperability on a Semantically Driven World	461	(4)
Santos Vicente
Maria Perez
Xavier Garcia
Ana Gimeno
Javier Naval
Author Index	465