Foundations of Open Semantic Service Networks

Abstract

This article provides the foundations for the new field of research coined Service Networks research.Understanding what factors explain the structure and dynamics of global service networks may lead to a more efficient and balanced society and economy. The concept of service network is formally represented as a business structure made up of services systems which are nodes connected by one or more specific types of relationships. They can be used to represent the global economy, i.e. a complex network composed of national economies, which are themselves networks of markets, and markets are also networks of providers, brokers, intermediaries, and consumers. The authors' key challenge consists in developing a novel perspective on socio-economic dynamics by connecting service models representing service systems (e.g. consulting, governmental, and educational services). Theories to be developed will enable to understand, describe, explain, analyze, predict, and control the evolution of global service networks..

Open Semantic Service Networks: Modeling and Analysis

“…To construct a service network SN , USDL and OSSR models are remotely accessed and retrieved (an overview description of the infrastructure to access and retrieve USDL and OSSR instances is described in [2]). OSSR models are mapped to relationship R(t) and functions f (t).…”

“…To address the growing importance of service systems, we have introduced the concept of Open Semantic Service Network (OSSN) [2]. OSSNs are global service networks which relate services with the assumption that firms make the Jorge Cardoso, Carlos Pedrinaci, and Pieter De Leenheer.…”

Ontological Representation and Governance of Business Semantics in Compliant Service Networks

“…The latter uses semantic Web principles to construct an ontology to describe services by establishing explicit links to other existing ontologies emerging from Linked Data initiatives. While the model was initially constructed to describe services, in [3], we conducted a study which revealed that it could also be used to model internal parts of service systems and service networks by adding rich, multi-level relationships. Representing this alignment between service commitment and content/process implies two additional requirements for the ontology representation grammar.…”

Open service networks

“…Copyright 2013 ACM 978-1-4503-1656-9/13/03 ...$10.00. more specific types of relationships [3]. Networks are called open since they are reconstructed from information available on the web and are made freely available.…”