INGAR   05399
INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO Y DISEÑO
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Towards Semantic Interoperability in Collaborative e-Commerce through Contexts and Ontologies
Autor/es:
M. RICO; M. L. TAVERNA; M. L. CALIUSCO; O. CHIOTTI; M. R. GALLI
Lugar:
Cordoba - Argentina
Reunión:
Congreso; Collaborative Electronic Commerce Technology and Research Conference (CollECTeR Iberoamérica); 2007
Institución organizadora:
Fundación Mediterránea - Univ. Nacional de Córdoba
Resumen:
The objective of this paper is to present an approach for supporting the semantic interoperability between trading partners information systems in a collaborative commerce relationship. Semantics refers to the meaning of terms used in the information interchanged between information systems. Since each partner has its own systems and culture, an effective collaborative relationship will not be successful until a collaborative environment to support the semantic interoperability be developed. To this aim, a number of approaches based on the use of ontologies and single mappings between them have been developed. A collaborative commerce relationship is characterized by enterprises that want to exchange only the necessary information to achieve common goals with their trading partners, without loosing their autonomy and privacy. In this scenario, it is necessary to define a framework for allowing trading partners to exchange information without imposing a global meaning. To this aim, the idea of context could be applied. Then, in this paper, an approach based on the use of context and ontology for defining the semantics of the information interchanged between trading partners in a collaborative relationship is proposed.