Working Groups
This page lists the current working groups in which STI Innsbruck is involved. Please see the archive for more on previous working group involvements.
Conceptual Models for Services (CMS)
The mission of the Conceptual Models for Services Working Group (CMS WG)[1] is to continue the efforts of the WSMO working group in two ways. Firstly, the group will maintain WSMO adding updates as
appropriate to fulfill requests from Semantic Web Service researchers and practitioners. Secondly, building on WSMO CMS WG will create a number of new generic ontologies including:
- WSMO-Lite - a lightweight ontology which uses RDFS as the description language and defines mechanisms to annotate WSDL descriptions using SAWSDL,
- MicroWSMO - an annotation mechanism for RESTful services, and
- Semantic Annotations of Processes - an ontology for describing processes which are implemented as Web services.
For more information about the mission and the purpose of the working group please see the charter[2].
OASIS SEE
The OASIS SEE TC aims at standardize an execution environment for Semantic Web Services that can provide a platform for service oriented architectures addressing the problems of data and behavior interoperability between autonomous and heterogeneous business entities. The OASIS SEE TC will provide a reference architecture including component interfaces, semantic descriptions of the component interfaces and the components themselves, and the messaging mechanism to allow these components to communicate with each other. The OASIS SEE TC strongly recognizes the relationship of Semantic Web Services to Grid computing and aims to incorporate functionality required by Grid computing into the SEE architecture.
SEE infrastructure is based on the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm and consists of a set of loosely coupled collaborating software components acting together in an open environment. We identify SOA to become the leading software paradigm for SWS infrastructure, however, SOA will not scale without signification mechanization of service discovery, service adaptation, negotiation, service composition, service invocation, and service monitoring; as well as data, protocol, and process mediation. SEE recognizes that SOA outside of tightly controlled environment (e.g., within the firewall) cannot succeed until/unless the semantics issue is addressed. In result of work of this committee, the set of common components coordinated through Common Service Layer will be identified and abstracted by their interfaces to facilitate their usage in the SEE infrastructure.
Semantic Data Management (SemData)
The goal of this event series is to investigate various aspects of semantic databases and data management in the large. We seek expert discussions and trans-disciplinary collaborations on issues such as semantic repositories, their virtualization and distribution, and interoperability with relational solutions, XML and others. Moreover, there is a need for advanced mechanisms to "move the logic closer to the data". Further relevant topics include the establishment of semantic data buses that bridge the gap between the data layer and the application layer, and the benchmarking of semantic data management solutions.
Semantic Technologies Manifesto (SeTeMa)
SeTeMa, the Semantic Technologies Manifesto, presents the view of the top-most researchers in the field of semantic technologies regarding the current state of the art and future trends of semantics. Several prestigious educational institutes have joined efforts with the main industrial players in order to create this manifesto that structures and unifies the current and forthcoming efforts in semantic technologies research.
The document starts by presenting a comprehensive and complete description of what semantic technologies mean, and detailed information about how semantics actually work. From representation languages to service infrastructure, every aspect relevant for semantic technologies usage is presented in this manifesto. A selection of usage scenario is also presented in this document.
An important part of the manifesto is dedicated to the future of semantic technologies. As attracting more interested parties is one of the keys for a successful technology transfer, the manifesto draws a plan for a master program for University education as well as a training program for industry.
The manifesto concludes with the view of semantic technology experts on the future of semantics, a reflection on its evolution in the next 10 years.
