A project co-funded by the Project Partners and the European Commission STASIS: The Road to Semantic...

A project co-funded by the Project Partners and the European Commission

STASIS: The Road to Semantic Interoperability

Matt Hinds([email protected])

Contact: [email protected]

Web: www.stasis-project.net MARINER

MBy Shanghai Sunl ine Co.,Ltd

STASIS

Introduction

• Background • The STASIS Project• Technical Information• Deliverables




STASIS

Background

• Global economy• Electronic trading increasing in

popularity• Language differences a limiting

factor• Semantics can solve the problem• Complicated and costly to implement




STASIS

Using Semantics

Large Companies– Financially viable– Internal resources available– Use available standards

• Small/Medium Enterprises (SMEs)– Limited budget– Limited expertise– Limited resources




STASIS

The Problem

“If I have information in my format, and it is integrated into my systems, I

want to put minimal effort into mapping this into any format

(standardised or not) to do electronic business with another party.”




STASIS

Solution

• STASIS (SofTware for Ambient Semantic Interoperable Services)– Aims to allow SME and corporate

participation in the eEconomy– Addresses semantic gap in integration– Provides services and applications– Industrial partners involved during

requirements analysis, testing and validation




STASIS

Project Information

• €4m, EU Funded project (6th Framework)

• 13 Partners across EU and China– Commercial; Universities; User

Organisations

• Links to standardisation and interoperability organisations– CEN/eBES; CEN/eBIF; UN/CEFACT




STASIS

Partners

• Commercial Companies– TIE, Porthus and iSoft

• Universities– Sunderland, Oldenburg and Modena e

Reggio Emilia, Tsinghua

• User Organisations– AIDIMA, Mariner, Shanghai Sunline,

Foton, TANET, ZF Friedrichshafen AG


Technical Information




STASIS

Component

• Component based architecture– STASIS Beacon– STASIS Flock– STASIS Semantic Analysis Tool– STASIS Comparator– STASIS Viewer– STASIS Distributed Information Purifier




STASIS

STASIS Beacon

• Core system service• Holds semantically tagged data • Registry and repository• Created using other applications• Deployed anywhere

– Private Organisation– Sectoral association– International community organisations




STASIS

STASIS Flock

• Made of STASIS Beacons• Beacons operate in federated

manner– Allows semantic information to be

retrieved anywhere

• Based on the open SEEM registry and repository network




STASIS

STASIS Semantic Analysis Tool

• Used to insert specifications

• Analyses user specifications based on user, sector and global knowledge

• Information placed in Flock is available to all users




STASIS

STASIS Comparator

• Allows researching organisation to determine semantic possibilities

• Largely automated, but allows user intervention

• Information fed back into Flock




STASIS

STASIS Viewer

• Allows any party to view semantic information– Useful when

establishing new content flows




STASIS

STASIS Distributed Information Purifier

• Possibility of conflicting information• Wrong compromises may be made• Distributed Information Purifier

cleanses data– Removes incorrect relationships




STASIS

Deliverables

• End of project:– Specifications/techniques publicly

available– Software released with open interfaces

and solutions


Questions?

http://www.stasis-project.net

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