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Deploying Semantic Web Services-Based Applications in the e-Government Domain

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Journal on Data Semantics X

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((JODS,volume 4900))

Abstract

Joining up services in e-Government usually implies governmental agencies acting in concert without a central control regime. This requires to the sharing scattered and heterogeneous data. Semantic Web Service (SWS) technology can help to integrate, mediate and reason between these datasets. However, since a few real-world applications have been developed, it is still unclear which are the actual benefits and issues of adopting such a technology in the e-Government domain. In this paper, we contribute to raising awareness of the potential benefits in the e-Government communityby analyzing motivations, requirements and expected results, before proposing a reusable SWS-based framework. We demonstrate the application of this framework by showing how integration and interoperability emerge from this model through a cooperative and multi-viewpoint methodology. Finally, we illustrate added values and lessons learned by two compelling case studies: a change of circumstances notification system and a GIS-based emergency planning system, and describe key challenges which remain to be addressed.

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  1. Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK

    Alessio Gugliotta, John Domingue, Liliana Cabral, Vlad Tanasescu & Stefania Galizia

  2. Essex County Council, County Hall, Chelmsford, CM1 1LX, UK

    Rob Davies, Leticia Gutierrez Villarias & Mary Rowlatt

  3. BT Exact, Adastral Park Martlesham, Ipswich, IP5 3RE, UK

    Marc Richardson & Sandra Stincic

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Gugliotta, A. et al. (2008). Deploying Semantic Web Services-Based Applications in the e-Government Domain. In: Spaccapietra, S. (eds) Journal on Data Semantics X. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4900. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77688-8_4

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