SW-ONTOLOGY - A Proposal for Semantic Modeling of a Scientific Workflow Management System

Wander Gaspar, Laryssa Silva, Regina Braga, Fernanda Campos

2010

Abstract

The execution of scientific experiments based on computer simulations constitutes an important contribution to scientific community. In this sense, the implementation of a scientific workflow can be automated by Scientific Workflow Management Systems, which goal is to provide the orchestration of all processes involved. It aims to capture the semantic related to the implementation of scientific workflows using ontologies that could capture the knowledge involved in these processes. Specifically, we present a prototype of an ontology based on a design pattern called Model View for the representation of knowledge in scientific workflow management systems.

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Gaspar W., Silva L., Braga R. and Campos F. (2010). SW-ONTOLOGY - A Proposal for Semantic Modeling of a Scientific Workflow Management System . In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-04-1, pages 115-120. DOI: 10.5220/0002865601150120


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@conference{iceis10,
author={Wander Gaspar and Laryssa Silva and Regina Braga and Fernanda Campos},
title={SW-ONTOLOGY - A Proposal for Semantic Modeling of a Scientific Workflow Management System},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2010},
pages={115-120},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002865601150120},
isbn={978-989-8425-04-1},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - SW-ONTOLOGY - A Proposal for Semantic Modeling of a Scientific Workflow Management System
SN - 978-989-8425-04-1
AU - Gaspar W.
AU - Silva L.
AU - Braga R.
AU - Campos F.
PY - 2010
SP - 115
EP - 120
DO - 10.5220/0002865601150120