Detecting Semantic Matching In Service Oriented System Integration

• Main Author: Saveliovsky, Dario A
• Format: Others
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/974713/5/Saveliovsky_MCompSc_F2012.pdf; Saveliovsky, Dario A <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Saveliovsky=3ADario_A=3A=3A.html> (2012) Detecting Semantic Matching In Service Oriented System Integration. Masters thesis, Concordia University.

Service Oriented Architecture is being adopted by an increasing number of businesses in order to make their software available through the network, resulting in a considerable growth in the number of available Web services. The need for an automated way for service integration becomes then a pressing issue. This thesis looks at the major obstacles faced when trying to achieve this goal, including the problem of �nding element mappings across service interfaces. For this, a method is proposed which employs schema matching techniques extended for the speci�cs of Web service de�nitions. A proof of concept service integration assistant is presented, and tested on several case studies. These include the collaboration between mainstream Enterprise Resource Planning and Product Lifecycle Management software systems -a real-world scenario that illustrates the relevance of this work.