Monika Solanki

Bio: Monika Solanki is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Semantic Web & Software. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 19 publications receiving 1013 citations. Previous affiliations of Monika Solanki include Artificial Intelligence Center & Leipzig University.

Bringing semantics to web services: the OWL-S approach

Abstract: Service interface description languages such as WSDL, and related standards, are evolving rapidly to provide a foundation for interoperation between Web services. At the same time, Semantic Web service technologies, such as the Ontology Web Language for Services (OWL-S), are developing the means by which services can be given richer semantic specifications. Richer semantics can enable fuller, more flexible automation of service provision and use, and support the construction of more powerful tools and methodologies. Both sets of technologies can benefit from complementary uses and cross-fertilization of ideas. This paper shows how to use OWL-S in conjunction with Web service standards, and explains and illustrates the value added by the semantics expressed in OWL-S.

Interoperability for smart appliances in the IoT world

Abstract: Household appliances are set to become highly intelligent, smart and networked devices in the near future. Systematically deployed on the Internet of Things (IoT), they would be able to form complete energy consuming, producing, and managing ecosystems. Smart systems are technically very heterogeneous, and standardized interfaces on a sensor and device level are therefore needed. However, standardization in IoT has largely focused at the technical communication level, leading to a large number of different solutions based on various standards and protocols, with limited attention to the common semantics contained in the message data structures exchanged at the technical level. The Smart Appliance REFerence ontology (SAREF) is a shared model of consensus developed in close interaction with the industry and with the support of the European Commission. It is published as a technical specification by ETSI and provides an important contribution to achieve semantic interoperability for smart appliances. This paper builds on the success achieved in standardizing SAREF and presents SAREF4EE, an extension of SAREF created in collaboration with the EEBus and Energy@- Home industry associations to interconnect their (different) data models. By using SAREF4EE, smart appliances from different manufacturers that support the EEBus or Energy@Home standards can easily communicate with each other using any energy management system at home or in the cloud. © Springer International Publishing AG 2016.

Considerations regarding Ontology Design Patterns

Abstract: The Worskhop on Ontology and Semantic Web Patterns (WOP2015, 6th edition) was held on October 11, 2015 in conjunction with the 14th International Semantic Web Conference in Bethlehem, PA, USA. At the workshop, the organizers conducted a discussion with the participants regarding the promises and obstacles of ontology design patterns (ODPs for short). This editorial reports on those discussions. We begin with a brief introduction of ODPs for the unfamiliar reader.

Collected Research Questions Concerning Ontology Design Patterns

Abstract: This chapter lists and discusses open challenges for the ODP community in the coming years, both in terms of research questions that will need be answered, and in terms of tooling and infrastructur ...

RFID-based logistics monitoring with semantics-driven event processing

Abstract: In this paper a real-life counterfeit and theft detection scenario from pharmaceutical manufacturing is modelled using events encoded as XML and RDF. With Esper and Instans event processing platforms, the second one from the semantic web domain, the same task is configured and an experimental performance evaluation is carried out. Our results show that even though the starting points are very different, the same core task can be accomplished on both platforms. We provide quantitative performance comparisons that corroborate our analysis. For an understanding of what can be expected from each framework outside the core task, the differences between the two tools and their respective domains are qualitatively analysed.

Knowledge Management Systems

Abstract: Knowledge management systems , Knowledge management systems , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی

Web Service Composition: A Survey of Techniques and Tools

Abstract: Web services are a consolidated reality of the modern Web with tremendous, increasing impact on everyday computing tasks. They turned the Web into the largest, most accepted, and most vivid distributed computing platform ever. Yet, the use and integration of Web services into composite services or applications, which is a highly sensible and conceptually non-trivial task, is still not unleashing its full magnitude of power. A consolidated analysis framework that advances the fundamental understanding of Web service composition building blocks in terms of concepts, models, languages, productivity support techniques, and tools is required. This framework is necessary to enable effective exploration, understanding, assessing, comparing, and selecting service composition models, languages, techniques, platforms, and tools. This article establishes such a framework and reviews the state of the art in service composition from an unprecedented, holistic perspective.

The Semantic Grid: Past, Present, and Future

Abstract: Grid computing offers significant enhancements to our capabilities for computation, information processing, and collaboration, and has exciting ambitions in many fields of endeavor. We argue that the full richness of the Grid vision, with its application in e-Science, e-Research, or e-Business, requires the "Semantic Grid." The Semantic Grid is an extension of the current Grid in which information and services are given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation. To this end, we outline the requirements of the Semantic Grid, discuss the state of the art in achieving them, and identify the key research challenges in realizing this vision.

A semantic Web services architecture

Abstract: The semantic Web services initiative architecture (SWSA) committee has created a set of architectural and protocol abstractions that serve as a foundation for semantic Web service technologies. This article summarizes the committee's findings, emphasizing its review of requirements gathered from several different environments. We also identify the scope and potential requirements for a semantic Web services architecture.

Language grid: an infrastructure for intercultural collaboration

Abstract: To increase the accessibility and usability of online language services, this paper proposes the language grid to create composite language services for various communities. The language grid is called "horizontal," when the grid connects the standard languages of nations, or "vertical," when the grid combines the language services generated by communities. Semantic Web service technologies are applied in a human-centered fashion, to create composite language services through the collaboration of users and agents. Three example scenarios are given to illustrate how the language grid organizes standard and community language services for intercultural collaboration activities.