Abstract
We describe a Web-based architecture, named WebDG, to support emerging Digital Government applications. We use anontological approach to organize government data and services (applications). The data space is segmented into logically inter-related clusters of databases to accelerate metadata and data discovery. Equally, services are segmented into vocabulary-based taxonomies to provide a fast mechanism for their retrieval and enactment. As a proof of concept, we use government social services, namely, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), as a case study for the deployment of our novel techniques. The implementation uses several state-of-the-art, Web-based middleware and e-services technologies as building blocks for WebDG. These include, CORBA, EJB, and HP’s e-speakproducts.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
A. Bouguettaya, editor. Introduction to the Special Issue on Ontologies and Databases, Distributed and Parallel Databases Journal, 7(1). Kluwer Publishers, July 1999.
F. Casati, U. Dayal, and M. C. Shan. Report on the VLDB Workshop on Technologies for E-Services. ACM SIGMOD Record, 29(4), December 2000.
F. Casati and M.-C. Shan. Models and Languages for Describing and Discovering E-Services. In SIGMOD 2001, May 2001.
S. S. Dawes, P. A. Bloniarz, and K. L. Kelly. Some Assembly Required: Building a Digital Government for the 21st Century. Technical report, Centre for Technology in Government, http://www.ctg.albany.edu/research/workshop/, March 1999.
A. Elmagarmid and W. J. Mclver. The Ongoing March Toward Digital Government. IEEE Computer, 34(2), February 2001.
IT2 Working Group. Information Technology for the Twenty-First Century: A Bold Investment in America’s Future. National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development, http://www.ccic.gov, January 1999.
HP. E-speak Developer Site, http://www.e-speak.net/.
Bill Joy and Ken Kennedy. IT Research: Investing in our Future. President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee Report to the President, February 1999.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Bouguettaya, A., Ouzzani, M., Medjahed, B., Elmagarmid, A.K. (2002). Supporting Data and Services Access in Digital Government Environments. In: McIver, W.J., Elmagarmid, A.K. (eds) Advances in Digital Government. Advances in Database Systems, vol 26. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47374-7_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47374-7_2
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-7067-9
Online ISBN: 978-0-306-47374-6
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive