Describing web services with semantic metadata. (24th January 2006)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arroyo, Sinuhe; Lopez-Cobo, Jose Manuel
• Is Part Of: International journal of metadata, semantics and ontologies. Volume 1:Number 1(2006)
• Page Start: 76
• Page End: 82
• Publication Date: 2006-01-24
• Subjects: semantic metadata -- semantics -- ontology -- web services -- semantic web; Metadata -- Periodicals; Semantic Web -- Periodicals; Ontologies (Information retrieval) -- Periodicals; Data structures (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Information theory -- Periodicals; 005.74
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-2621

Abstract

Web services are self-describing, self-contained applications that can be published, located, and invoked through common web protocols. Self-descriptions are in fact a form of metadata that provide details on the services offered. Semantic web services are, thus, an extension of such metadata-based descriptions to richer ontology-based description semantics. This paper provides an account on the main usage scenarios of semantic web services, as a roadmap for metadata research on the topic.