OCEAN: An ontology for supporting interoperability service utilities in virtual organisations

Verginadis, Y; Apostolou, D; Papageorgiou, N; Mentzas, G

dc.contributor.author	Verginadis, Y	en
dc.contributor.author	Apostolou, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Papageorgiou, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Mentzas, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:03:03Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:03:03Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	14709503	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29341
dc.subject	Interoperability service utility	en
dc.subject	ISU	en
dc.subject	Networked collaboration	en
dc.subject	Semantic interoperability	en
dc.subject	Top level ontology	en
dc.subject	Virtual organization	en
dc.subject	VO	en
dc.subject.other	ISU	en
dc.subject.other	Networked collaboration	en
dc.subject.other	Semantic interoperability	en
dc.subject.other	Virtual organization	en
dc.subject.other	VO	en
dc.subject.other	Computer supported cooperative work	en
dc.subject.other	Information services	en
dc.subject.other	Knowledge based systems	en
dc.subject.other	Oceanography	en
dc.subject.other	Ontology	en
dc.subject.other	Semantics	en
dc.subject.other	Service oriented architecture (SOA)	en
dc.subject.other	Societies and institutions	en
dc.subject.other	Interoperability	en
dc.title	OCEAN: An ontology for supporting interoperability service utilities in virtual organisations	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1504/IJNVO.2011.042418	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJNVO.2011.042418	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	Semantic interoperability is a crucial issue in industrial enterprises when they participate in virtual organisations (VOs), i.e., when they dynamically form network-based collaborative alliances of a temporary nature. Addressing semantic heterogeneities aims to ensure that the meaning of information exchanged by VOs is interpreted in the same way by all communicating parties and their systems. In this paper we examine how ontologies can be employed by a system of services for delivering interoperability to enterprises, independent of particular IT deployments. In order to support interoperability service utilities in VOs, this paper presents a top-level ontology for collaborative networked organisations (code named OCEAN). The OCEAN ontology is designed as a lightweight top-level ontology that provides a common terminological reference in terms of VOs. The paper also demonstrates the use of practical tools for achieving consensus of the shared conceptualisation of a virtual organisation (VO), among participants, while it outlines a service-oriented architecture (SOA) for supporting VO knowledge based collaborations using OCEAN. We demonstrate how that usage enables shared understanding in knowledge-intensive collaborations, as well as how it facilitates interoperability of applications that provide collaboration services, presenting concrete examples from the pharmaceutical industry. Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1504/IJNVO.2011.042418	en
dc.identifier.volume	9	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	184	en
dc.identifier.epage	209	en