An Ontology Based Architecture for Integrating Enterprise Applications

Razika Driouche, Zizette Boufaїda, Fabrice Kordon

2006

Abstract

Today, companies investigate various domains of collaborative business-to-business e-commerce. They have to look inward to their applications and processes. These applications must be able to cooperate dynamically. This leads to a rise of cooperative business processes, which need the integration of autonomous and heterogeneous applications. However, currently existing approaches for application integration lack an adequate specification of the semantics of the terminology that leads to inconsistent interpretations. In this paper, we propose a formal solution to the problem of application integration and we reflect upon the suitability of the ontology as a candidate for solving the problem of heterogeneity and ensure greater interoperability between applications.

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Driouche R., Boufaїda Z. and Kordon F. (2006). An Ontology Based Architecture for Integrating Enterprise Applications . In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2006) ISBN 978-972-8865-49-8, pages 26-37. DOI: 10.5220/0002493000260037


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@conference{msvveis06,
author={Razika Driouche and Zizette Boufaїda and Fabrice Kordon},
title={An Ontology Based Architecture for Integrating Enterprise Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2006)},
year={2006},
pages={26-37},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002493000260037},
isbn={978-972-8865-49-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2006)
TI - An Ontology Based Architecture for Integrating Enterprise Applications
SN - 978-972-8865-49-8
AU - Driouche R.
AU - Boufaїda Z.
AU - Kordon F.
PY - 2006
SP - 26
EP - 37
DO - 10.5220/0002493000260037