Authors:
Alessio Bechini
;
Andrea Tomasi
and
Jacopo Viotto
Affiliation:
University of Pisa, Italy
Keyword(s):
Document Management Systems, ebXML, Interoperability, Web Services.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
B2B, B2C and C2C
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Communication and Software Technologies and Architectures
;
Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation
;
Data Engineering
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Integration/Interoperability
;
Interoperability
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Open Source Technologies in e-Business
;
Sensor Networks
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software and Architectures
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
It is widely known that e-business capabilities are a key requirement for a large number of modern enterprises. New B2B technologies can enable companies all around the world to collaborate in more effective and efficient ways, better satisfying the needs of their customers. The ebXML specifications are the standard solution to achieve this kind of interoperability, but they are not as widespread as traditional legacy systems yet. Enterprises typically store their knowledge inside Document Management Systems (DMS), which come in different technologies and handle system-specific metadata models. In this paper, we propose an architecture that enables enterprises to take advantage of the power and flexibility of the ebXML approach to metadata management; this is achieved without affecting in-place working systems, and with no need for a complete repository reconstruction.