Abstract The Sensor, Observation, Sample, and Actuator (SOSA) ontology provides a formal
but lightweight general-purpose specification for modellingthe interaction between the …

The joint W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium)
Spatial Data on the Web (SDW) Working Group developed a set of ontologies to describe …

Current industry standards for describing Web Services focus on ensuring interoperability
across diverse platforms, but do not provide a good foundation for automating the use of …

The emerging field of semantic web technologies promises new stimulus for Software
Engineering research. However, since the underlying concepts of the semantic web have a …

Huge advances in peer-to-peer systems and attempts to develop the semantic web have
revealed a critical issue in information systems across multiple domains: the absence of …

New scientific disciplines don't emerge overnight. Years pass from the first manifestation of a
technical term to the establishment of a curriculum, even in the fast-paced field of …

This paper strives for demonstrating “metamodels in action” which means showing concrete
applications of this concept. Based on a literature survey we develop a taxonomy that helps …

Common user-and business-requirements demand an integrated view on the multitude of
available information resources that are processed in a variety of heterogeneous information …

A decade ago Tim Berners-Lee proposed an extraordinary vision: despite the phenomenal
success of the Web, it would not, and could not, reach its full potential unless it became a …

The extensive adoption of Web service-based applications in dynamic business scenarios,
such as on-demand computing or highly reconfigurable virtual enterprises, advocates for …