Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 211

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

Within the framework of the Sixth I-ESA International Conference, supported by the INTEROP VLab (International Virtual Laboratory on Enterprise Interoperability, http://www.interop-vlab.eu), three workshops and a Doctoral Symposium have been organized in order to strengthen some key topics related to interoperability for enterprise applications and software. The workshops were selected to complement the conference topics, leaving more time to researchers for brainstorming and then coming up, at the end of the workshops, with new research directions for the future. The goal of the workshop "Standards - a Foundation for Interoperability" is to increase awareness and understanding of interoperability standards as a fundamental need. The workshop "Use of MDI/SOA Concepts in Industry" promotes the application of MDI (Model-Driven Interoperability) combined with SOA (Services Oriented Architecture) and the associated technology (BPM, Enterprise Modeling, ontology, mediation, model transformation, etc.) in industry. The workshop on "Dynamic Management across Interoperating Enterprises" investigates the need for enhancements to current business management systems and processes to address the needs of global trading across enterprises utilizing the new service-oriented Internet. Finally, the Doctoral Symposium has given the opportunity for students involved in the preparation of their PhDs in this emerging area to present and discuss their research issues and ideas with senior researchers.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Editorial

Session 1. Standards – A Foundation for Interoperability

Standards Workshop Chairs’ Message

Standards for Enterprise Interoperation – How to Improve?

1. Introduction

2. General needs

3. Standards for Enterprise Interoperation

4. The standards development process: concerns

5. Concluding remarks

6. References

Framework for Enterprise Interoperability and Maturity Model (CEN/ISO 11354)

1. Introduction

2. Framework for Enterprise Interoperability (FEI)

3. Maturity Model for Enterprise Interoperability (MMEI)

4. Related works

5. Conclusions

6. References

Testing Interoperability Standards – A Test Case Generation Methodology

1. Introduction

2. A general test framework: test case design

3. A test framework validation: test case generation tooling

4. Impacting testing interoperability standards

5. Conclusion

6. Acknowledgements

7. References

OMG Specifications for Enterprise Interoperability

1. Introduction

2. OMG standards for business modeling

3. OMG standards for IT modeling

4. Conclusion

5. References

Standards Creation and Adoption for SME Networks

1. Introduction

2. Factors hampering eBusiness diffusion in TCF

3. Criticalities in achieving interoperability and standard contribution

4. The role of research for standards, the role of standards for research

5. The role of eBIZ-TCF, an eBusiness harmonization initiative

6. Conclusions: lessons learnt and the outlook

7. References

The European Public Procurement Initiative and Standards for Information Exchange

1. Introduction

2. Public eProcurement

3. Interoperability through PEPPOL

4. Governance of standards used by PEPPOL

5. Summary

Challenges in Project Management

1. Introduction

2. Exercise

3. Conclusion

4. References

Session 2. Use of MDI/SOA Concepts in Industry

MDI/SOA Workshop Chairs’ Message

Application of SHAPE Technologies in Production and Process Optimization

1. Introduction

2. Production and Process Optimization (PPO) case study

3. Modeling the SOA business perspective of the PPO use case

4. Modeling the SOA IT perspective of the PPO use case

5. Conclusion

6. References

An Exploration of Foundation Ontologies and Verification Methods for Manufacturing Knowledge Sharing

1. Introduction

2. The IMKS concept in the context of model driven architectures and international standards

3. Developing a manufacturing foundation ontology

4. Cross-domain verification methods

5. A framework for manufacturing knowledge sharing

6. Initial cross domain knowledge sharing experiments

7. Conclusions

8. Acknowledgements

9. References

ISTA3 Methodology Application Case

1. Introduction

2. Presentation of ISTA 3 project

3. Presentation of the methodology to develop ISTA3 solutions

4. Case study

5. Future works and conclusion

6. References

Session 3. Doctoral Symposium

Doctoral Symposium Chair’s Message

The Mediation Information System Engineering Project: Status and Perspectives

1. Introduction

2. MISE assumptions

3. Positioning and expected contribution

4. Conclusion

5. References

Quality Measurement of Semantic Standards

1. Problem description

2. Goal and research questions

3. Research method

4. Problem validation

5. State of the art

6. The design process

7. Iterative design cycles

8. Conclusion and further research

9. References

Towards a Model-Driven and Role-Configurable Methodology Suite for Enterprise and Service-Oriented Interoperability

1. Problem description

2. Research proposal

3. Research method

4. Expected contributions

5. References

Mediation Information System Engineering: Business and Logic Characterization in a Collaborative Situation

1. Introduction

2. MISE assumptions at business level

3. PhD subject: business and logic characterization in a collaborative situation

4. Conclusions

5. References

Role of Semantic Web in the Changing Context of Enterprise Collaboration

1. Introduction

2. Research idea

3. Objective of research

4. Conclusion

5. References

A Dynamic Knowledge Management Framework

1. Introduction to product development knowledge and related issues

2. Codifying product development knowledge in F2F meetings

3. Proposed dynamic knowledge management framework

4. Conclusion

5. Acknowledgements

6. References

Author Index

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

International Conference on Interoperability of Enterprise Software and Applications (6th : 2010 : Coventry, England)

Interoperability for enterprise software and applications : proceedings of the workshops and the doctorial symposium of the I-ESA International Conference2010 / edited by Hervé Panetto, Nacer Boudjlida.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-84821-270-1

1. Internetworking (Telecommunication)--Congresses. I. Panetto, Hervé. II. Boudjlida, Nacer. III. Title.

TK5105.5.I57155 2010

004.6--dc20

2010022202

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A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978-1-84821-270-1

Sixth International Conference I-ESA’2010

Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications

Coventry, United Kingdom, April 12th – 15th, 2010

Supported by INTEROP-VLab

Interoperability in enterprise applications can be defined as the ability of a system or a product to work with other systems or products without special effort from the customer or user. The possibility of interacting and exchanging information with internal and external collaborators is a key issue in the enterprise sector. It is fundamental in order to produce goods and services quickly, at lower cost, while maintaining higher levels of quality and customization. Interoperability is considered to be achieved if the interaction can, at least, take place at three levels: data, applications and business enterprise through the architecture of the enterprise model and taking into account the semantics. It is not only a problem of software and IT technologies. It involves support for communication and transactions between different organizations that must be based on shared business references.

The I-ESA conference aimed at bringing together research, users and practitioners dealing with different issues of Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications. The conference focused on interoperability-related research areas ranging from Enterprise Modeling to define interoperability requirements, Architecture and Platforms to provide implementation frameworks and Ontologies to define interoperability semantics in the enterprise.

General Co-ChairsKeith Popplewell, Coventry University, UKJenny Harding, Loughborough University, UK

Conference Program Co-ChairsRaul Poler, Polytechnic University of Valencia, SpainRicardo Chalmeta, University of Jaume I, Spain

Workshop Co-ChairsNacer Boudjlida, LORIA UMR 7503, Nancy University, FranceHervé Panetto, CRAN UMR 7039, Nancy University, France

Doctoral Symposium ChairJenny Harding, Loughborough University, UK

Workshop Organizers

Standards – A Foundation for InteroperabilityMartin Zelm, CIMOSA Association, GermanyDavid Chen, University of Bordeaux, France

Use of MDI/SOA Concepts in IndustryGuy Doumeingts, GFI, FranceMartine Grandin-Dubost, GFI, France

Dynamic Management across Interoperating EnterprisesColin Piddington, Cimmedia, UKGeorgios Kapogiannis, Think Lab, University of Salford, UK

I-ESA Workshops Committees

General Workshop ChairsHervé Panetto, CRAN UMR 7039, Nancy University, CNRS, FranceNacer Boudjlida, LORIA UMR 7503, Nancy University, CNRS, France

Standards – A Foundation for Interoperability Workshop ChairsMartin Zelm, CIMOSA Association, GermanyDavid Chen, University of Bordeaux, France

Workshop Program CommitteePiero De Sabbata, ENEA, ItalyRicardo Goncalves, Uninova, PortugalKurt Kosanke, CIMOSA Association, GermanyDavid Shorter, IT FOCUS, UK

Use of MDI/SOA Concepts in Industry Workshop ChairsGuy Doumeingts, GFI, FranceMartine Grandin-Dubost, GFI, France

Workshop Program CommitteePontus Johnson, KTH, SwedenStephan Kassel, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, GermanyHervé Pingaud, EMAC Albi, France

Dynamic Management across Interoperating Enterprises Workshop ChairsColin Piddington, Cimmedia, UKGeorgios Kapogiannis, Think Lab, University of Salford, UK

Workshop Program CommitteeMartin Zelm, Cimosa, GermanyFrank-Walter Jaekel, IPK, GermanyProfessor Lauri Koskela, University of Salford, UK

Doctoral Symposium Workshop ChairJenny A. Harding, Loughborough University, UK

Doctoral Symposium Reviewing CommitteeKeith Popplewell, Coventry University, UKAlok Choudhary, Loughborough University, UKClaire Palmer, Loughborough University, UK

Editorial

The Sixth I-ESA International Conference (13–15 April 2010, Coventry, UK), supported by the INTEROP VLab (International Virtual Laboratory on Enterprise Interoperability, http://www.interop-vlab.eu) offered a workshop program comprising four workshops and a Doctorial Symposium. The objective of the workshops held on April 13th, 2010, was to strengthen some key topics related to interoperability for enterprise applications and software. The workshop organization left time slots for brainstorming among the attendees in order to come up with, at the end, possible new research directions. The Doctorial Symposium provides an open forum for students involved in the preparation of their PhDs to discuss their research issues and ideas with senior researchers.

It is a fact that enterprises need to collaborate if they want to survive in the current extreme dynamic and heterogenous business world they are involved in. Standards are a real key issue and an important activity to facilitate the interoperability of enterprise software. The goal of the workshop “Standards – A Foundation for Interoperability” is to increase awareness and understanding of interoperability standards as a fundamental need. SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) is now a widely used technology to implement industry-driven interoperability. The workshop “Use of MDI/SOA Concepts in Industry” promotes the application of MDI (Model Driven Interoperability) combined with SOA (Services Oriented Architecture) and the associated technology (BPM, Enterprise Modeling, ontology, mediation, model transformation, etc.) in industry. It presents the results from three projects: the “ISTA 3 project” (3rd generation interoperability for aeronautics suppliers), the “FP7 SHAPE project” (Semantically-enabled heterogenous service architecture) that extends SOA with semantics and heterogenous infrastructures and the “Interoperable Manufacturing Knowledge Systems” (IMKS) project. The workshop on “Dynamic Management across Interoperating Enterprises” investigates the need for enhancements to current business management systems and processes to address the needs of global trading across enterprises utilizing the new service-oriented Internet.

And finally, a Doctoral Symposium gave students involved in the preparation of their PhDs in any area of Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications the opportunity to present and discuss their research issues and ideas with senior researchers to better understand the interoperability context and issues.

We would like to express our thanks to the workshop chairs and committees for their contribution to the scientific success of these events.

Hervé Panetto, CRAN UMR 7039, Nancy University, CNRS, [email protected]

Nacer Boudjlida, LORIA UMR 7503, Nancy University, CNRS, [email protected]