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...ns/msm 14 http://purl.org/goodrelations/ 8 Carlos Pedrinaci, Jorge Cardoso, and Torsten Leidig Fig. 1. Linked USDL Core. model that is simple enough for its adoption online. The reader is referred to =-=[19]-=- for indications on how this model could be mapped to a foundational ontology. As the core and initial module of a set of vocabularies for supporting service trading online Linked USDL Core, see Figur...

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...oratory for Applied Ontology roberta.ferrario;nicola.guarino@cnr.it, WWW home page: http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/ Key words: service science, service system, ontology 1 Introduction In an earlier paper =-=[1]-=-, we presented some first ideas concerning the ontological analysis of the notion of service. As observed in [2], however, such work was mainly focusing on the IT literature, and omitted fundamental c...

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...ally described using a set of modelingsconstructs and semantic rules.sService-oriented modeling method [9] presented in thisspaper is based on the ontological principles [2] of thesconcept of service =-=[6]-=-, and on a common understanding ofsthe general structure of service, which is not influenced bysany implementation decisions. The most fascinating ideasabout a service concept is that it can be applie...

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...mmitted to guarantee the execution of some type of action at location l, on the occurrence of a certain triggering event, in the interest of another agent and upon prior agreement, in a certain way.” =-=[7]-=- This definition also has the same problem about the distinction between services and product functions. Obviously, product functions are in the interest of user. Most of product functions embedded in...

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... the semantic integrity of the diagrams. The problem is that the narrative text, which defines flows of events of different use-cases, can be ambiguous, incomplete and inconsistent. There are three types of event flows, which are documented for a use-case: 1) Normal flow of events, 2) Subflows, and 3) Alternate flows. A use-case can be understood as a transaction. Any transaction can be analyzed as a simple workflow loop [5], which captures service value exchange between two or more parties. Both requests and responses are viewed as necessary business events. According to Ferrario and Guarino [10], service interactions are not objects or products, they are events. Service responses cannot be delivered without initiating service requests. A response can be viewed in a number of ways. It can be represented by a promise to deliver a desirable result to service requester or it can be viewed as statement, which brings a desired value flow [11] to service requester. Any workflow loop indicates that service provider receives service request and transforms it into service response. Service requester, request, service provider and response are minimal set of elements for defining any type of a ...

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... consequence of this was to regard a service as a perdurant (value co-creation activity) rather than an endurant (value object). This has lead to the design of SDL-compliant upper-level models (e.g., =-=[11, 26]-=-) that could play an important role in automated business service (de)composition. The importance of services has triggered the idea to use more structured approaches to design and implement software-...

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...pattern for Service Exchange. It is assumed that the «goal» stereotype is defined in the REA meta-model The difference between service consumption and service use can be illustrated by the example of =-=[5]-=- of a fire brigade. This could be a service hired by a municipality for a certain period. Service consumption is here a matter of time: at the end of the period, it is completely consumed. During the ...

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...8]) and Services; b. Foundational ontologies (e.g., DOLCE [9,10], UFO [1]); c. Middle-level ontologies: Process ontologies [6,11], Enterprise ontologies [12,13] and Services and value flow ontologies =-=[14,15]-=-; 2. Isolate a suitable middle-level ontology, possibly merging and/or extending existent ontologies; 3. Find a set of relevant patterns in Business Organizations, Business Processes and Services and ...

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...t of the EA management approach itself (EA management governance) is not discussed. Another prominent approach in the field of EA management is the systemic enterprise architecture methodology (SEAM) =-=[5]-=-. The methodology defines the52 S. Buckl, F. Matthes and C. Schweda role of EA management as to federate the efforts of the specialists [from the enterprise-level processes] to ensure successful proj...

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... a service is. In other words: The definition of what a service is should depend on the problem under consideration. The more absolutist question ‘what is a service?’, as addressed by amongst others (=-=Ferrario & Guarino 2009-=-, Vargo & Lusch 2004), is by itself not so useful. See appendix A for a more extensive discussion on this point.Customer needs analysis 15 Problem recognition Information search Evaluation Purchase P...