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A novel approach to annotating web service based on interface concept mapping and semantic expansion

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With the rapid development of web service technology in these years, traditional standards have been matured during the process of service registry and discovery. However, it is difficult for service requesters to discover satisfactory web services. The reason for this phenomenon is that the traditional service organization mode lacks semantic understanding ability for service function interface. This paper proposes a novel approach to annotating web services. We first adopt domain ontology as a semantic context, and give our general framework of service semantic annotation. Then, interface concept mapping algorithm and service interface expansion algorithm are respectively presented in detail. Finally, the generation process of semantic web service repository is presented based on preceding algorithms. Simulation experiment results demonstrate that annotated web services by the proposed method can more satisfy requirements for service requesters than traditional ones by service matchmaking engine. It can get better service discovery effectiveness.

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We would like to respectively thank the anonymous reviewers and editors of Soft Computing Journal for giving insightful review comments on this manuscript and in charge of our submission. This work was supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 70771077, and National High-Tech Research and Development Plan of China under Grant No. 2008AA04Z106.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, China

    Guobing Zou, Yang Xiang & Yanglan Gan

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA

    Yixin Chen

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Zou, G., Xiang, Y., Gan, Y. et al. A novel approach to annotating web service based on interface concept mapping and semantic expansion. Soft Comput 15, 929–938 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-010-0548-4

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