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WSMO or Web Service Modeling Ontology is a conceptual model for relevant aspects related to Semantic Web Services. It provides an ontology based framework, which supports the deployment and interoperability of Semantic Web Services. The WSMO has four main components: * Goals - The client's objectives when consulting a Web Service. * Ontologies - A formal Semantic description of the information used by all other components. * Mediators - Connectors between componentes with mediation facilities. Provides interoperability between different ontologies. * WebServices - Semantic description of Web Services. May include functional (Capability) and usage (Interface) descriptions. WSMO is meant to be a meta-model for semantic Web Services. describing various aspects related to Semantic Web Services. Taking the Web Service Modeling Framework (WSMF) [Fensel and Bussler, 2002] as a starting point, WS%O refine and extend this framework, and develop a formal ontology and language. WSMF [Fensel and Bussler, 2002] consists of four different main elements for describing semantic Web Services: - ontologies that provide the terminology used by other elements, - goals that define the problems that should be solved by Web Services, - Web Services descriptions that define various aspects of a Web Service, and - mediators which bypass interpretability problems. |
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