Market Observation D12.3 Report on Key Technology Issues in Current EAI, E- Business and Knowledge Management (Enterprise Collaboration with Semantic Web Services)
Report on key technology issues in current EAI, E-Business and Knowledge Management DIP Data, Information and Process Integration with Semantic Web Services FP6 - 507483 Deliverable WP 12: Market Observation D12.3 Report on Key Technology Issues in Current EAI, E- Business and Knowledge Management (Enterprise Collaboration with Semantic Web Services) Joachim Quantz, Berlecon Research Thorsten Wichmann, Berlecon Research January 4th , 2005 Deliverable 12.3 i 04/01/2005 Report on key technology issues in current EAI, E-Business and Knowledge Management EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Work Package 12 provides the DIP consortium and in particular the technology providers in DIP with real-world background information on potential application areas for Semantic Web Services (SWS). This deliverable continues the work started in D12.1 and provides an in-depth analysis of the potential of SWS in Enterprise Collaboration. Enterprise Collaboration is the second application area investigated in detail after Business Process Management, which is evaluated in Section 4 of D12.1. Subsequent deliverables will analyse the other application areas having high potential for SWS, namely content syndication, search/mining, and social software. Enterprise collaboration is an application area combining technology from portals, groupware and personal information management (PIM). It comprises basic groupware solutions (e.g. Microsoft Exchange), collaboration infrastructure (e.g. Lotus Workplace), and complex portal technology (e.g. Plumtree). Its main purpose is to provide all functionality needed for business collaboration within and across enterprise boundaries. Instead of having separate standalone products for functionality such as document exchange, conferencing, messaging or scheduling, an integrated solution will be required in the future Semantic Web Services could be used in enterprise collaboration to • realize the interfaces provided by the various collaboration components, • provide centralized information used throughout the individual collaboration components, e.g.
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