Collaborative Product Representation for Emergent Electronic Marketplace

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A lightweight data integration architecture using Atom

Cost is a major obstacle to the adoption of large-scale data integration solutions by small to medium enterprises (SME’s). We therefore propose a lightweight data integration architecture built around the Atom XML syndication format, which may provide a cost-effective alternative technology for SME’s to facilitate data integration, compared to expensive enterprise grade systems. The paper discusses the underlying principles and motivation for the architecture, the structure of the architecture itself, and our research goals.UnpublishedBatini, C., Lenzerini, M., and Navathe, S. B. (1987). A comparative analysis of methodologies for database schema integration. ACM Computing Surveys, 18, 4 (Dec. 1986), 323–364. Beck, R., Weitzel, T., and König, W. (2002). Promises and pitfalls of SME integration. In Proceedings of the 15th Bled Electronic Commerce Conference (Bled, Slovenia, June 17–19, 2002). 2002. Berners-Lee, T., and Fischetti, M. Weaving the Web. Orion Business, London, 1999. Berners-Lee, T., Connolly, D., and Swick, R. R. (1999) Web Architecture: Describing and Exchanging Data. W3C Note, World Wide Web Consortium, 7 June 1999. http://www.w3c.org/1999/04/WebData Berners-Lee, T., Hendler, J., and Lassila, O. The Semantic Web. Scientific American, 284, 5 (May 2001), 34–43. Calvanese, D., De Giacomo, G., Lenzerini, M., Nardi, D., and Rosati, R. Information integration: Conceptual modeling and reasoning support. In Proceedings of the 3rd IFCIS International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS’98) (New York, NY, August 20–22, 1998). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1998, 280–291. Fensel, D., Hendler, J., Lieberman, H., and Wahlster, W. (Eds.) Spinning the Semantic Web. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003. Guo, J., and Sun, C. Context representation, transformation and comparison of ad hoc product data exchange. In Proceedings of the 2003 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng ’03) (Grenoble, France, November 20–22, 2003). ACM Press, New York, NY, 2003, 121–130. Haas, L. M., Miller, R. J., Niswonger, B., Tork Roth, M., Schwarz, P. M., and Wimmers, E. L. Transforming heterogeneous data with database middleware: Beyond integration. IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin, 22, 1 (Mar. 1999), 31–36. ISO. Software Engineering—Product Quality—Part 1: Quality Model. Standard ISO/IEC 9126-1:2001, International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2001. Koivunen, M., and Miller, E. W3C Semantic Web activity. In Semantic Web Kick-Off in Finland: Vision, Technologies, Research, and Applications (Helsinki, Finland, November 2, 2001). HIIT Publications, Helsinki, Finland, 2002, 27–43. Manola, F., Miller, E., and McBride, B. RDF Primer. W3C Recommendation, World Wide Web Consortium, 10 February 2004. http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/ McGuinness, D. L., and van Harmelen, F. OWL Web Ontology Language: Overview. W3C Recommendation, World Wide Web Consortium, 10 February 2004. http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-owl-features-20040210/ Meadows, B., and Seaburg, L. Universal Business Language 1.0. OASIS Committee Draft cd-UBL-1.0, Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, Billerica, MA, 15 September 2004 http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/cd-UBL-1.0/ Medjahed, B., Benatallah, B., Bouguettaya, A., Ngu, H. H. A., and Elmagarmid, A. K. Business-to-business interactions: Issues and enabling technologies. The VLDB Journal, 12, 1, (May 2003), 59–85. Nottingham, M., and Sayre, R. The Atom Syndication Format. IETF Internet-Draft draft-ietf-atompub-format-06, Internet Engineering Task Force, 12 March 2005. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-atompub-format-06.txt Powers, S. Practical RDF. O’Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, CA, 2003. Sommer, R. A., Gulledge, T. R., and Bailey, D. The n-tier hub technology. ACM SIGMOD Record, 31, 1 (Mar. 2002), 18–23. Stonebraker, M., and Hellerstien, J. M. Content integration for E-Business. In Proceedings of the 2001 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD ’01) (Santa Barbara, CA, May 21–24, 2001). ACM Press, New York, NY, 2001, 552–560. van Heck, E., and Ribbers, P. M. The adoption and impact of EDI in Dutch SME’s. In Proceedings of the 32nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-32) (Maui, Hawaii, January 5–8, 1999). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1999, 7061. Wiederhold, G. Intelligent integration of information. In Proceedings of the 1993 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD ’93) (Washington, D. C., May 26–28, 1993). ACM Press, New York, NY, 1993, 434–437. Yu, C., and Popa, L. Constraint-based XML query rewriting for data integration. In Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD ’04) (Paris, France, June 13–18, 2004). ACM Press, New York, NY, 2004, 371–382

A lightweight data integration architecture using Atom

Cost is a major obstacle to the adoption of large-scale data integration solutions by small to medium enterprises (SME’s). We therefore propose a lightweight data integration architecture built around the Atom XML syndication format, which may provide a cost-effective alternative technology for SME’s to facilitate data integration, compared to expensive enterprise grade systems. The paper discusses the underlying principles and motivation for the architecture, the structure of the architecture itself, and our research goals.UnpublishedBatini, C., Lenzerini, M., and Navathe, S. B. (1987). A comparative analysis of methodologies for database schema integration. ACM Computing Surveys, 18, 4 (Dec. 1986), 323–364. Beck, R., Weitzel, T., and König, W. (2002). Promises and pitfalls of SME integration. In Proceedings of the 15th Bled Electronic Commerce Conference (Bled, Slovenia, June 17–19, 2002). 2002. Berners-Lee, T., and Fischetti, M. Weaving the Web. Orion Business, London, 1999. Berners-Lee, T., Connolly, D., and Swick, R. R. (1999) Web Architecture: Describing and Exchanging Data. W3C Note, World Wide Web Consortium, 7 June 1999. http://www.w3c.org/1999/04/WebData Berners-Lee, T., Hendler, J., and Lassila, O. The Semantic Web. Scientific American, 284, 5 (May 2001), 34–43. Calvanese, D., De Giacomo, G., Lenzerini, M., Nardi, D., and Rosati, R. Information integration: Conceptual modeling and reasoning support. In Proceedings of the 3rd IFCIS International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS’98) (New York, NY, August 20–22, 1998). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1998, 280–291. Fensel, D., Hendler, J., Lieberman, H., and Wahlster, W. (Eds.) Spinning the Semantic Web. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003. Guo, J., and Sun, C. Context representation, transformation and comparison of ad hoc product data exchange. In Proceedings of the 2003 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng ’03) (Grenoble, France, November 20–22, 2003). ACM Press, New York, NY, 2003, 121–130. Haas, L. M., Miller, R. J., Niswonger, B., Tork Roth, M., Schwarz, P. M., and Wimmers, E. L. Transforming heterogeneous data with database middleware: Beyond integration. IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin, 22, 1 (Mar. 1999), 31–36. ISO. Software Engineering—Product Quality—Part 1: Quality Model. Standard ISO/IEC 9126-1:2001, International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2001. Koivunen, M., and Miller, E. W3C Semantic Web activity. In Semantic Web Kick-Off in Finland: Vision, Technologies, Research, and Applications (Helsinki, Finland, November 2, 2001). HIIT Publications, Helsinki, Finland, 2002, 27–43. Manola, F., Miller, E., and McBride, B. RDF Primer. W3C Recommendation, World Wide Web Consortium, 10 February 2004. http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/ McGuinness, D. L., and van Harmelen, F. OWL Web Ontology Language: Overview. W3C Recommendation, World Wide Web Consortium, 10 February 2004. http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-owl-features-20040210/ Meadows, B., and Seaburg, L. Universal Business Language 1.0. OASIS Committee Draft cd-UBL-1.0, Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, Billerica, MA, 15 September 2004 http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/cd-UBL-1.0/ Medjahed, B., Benatallah, B., Bouguettaya, A., Ngu, H. H. A., and Elmagarmid, A. K. Business-to-business interactions: Issues and enabling technologies. The VLDB Journal, 12, 1, (May 2003), 59–85. Nottingham, M., and Sayre, R. The Atom Syndication Format. IETF Internet-Draft draft-ietf-atompub-format-06, Internet Engineering Task Force, 12 March 2005. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-atompub-format-06.txt Powers, S. Practical RDF. O’Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, CA, 2003. Sommer, R. A., Gulledge, T. R., and Bailey, D. The n-tier hub technology. ACM SIGMOD Record, 31, 1 (Mar. 2002), 18–23. Stonebraker, M., and Hellerstien, J. M. Content integration for E-Business. In Proceedings of the 2001 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD ’01) (Santa Barbara, CA, May 21–24, 2001). ACM Press, New York, NY, 2001, 552–560. van Heck, E., and Ribbers, P. M. The adoption and impact of EDI in Dutch SME’s. In Proceedings of the 32nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-32) (Maui, Hawaii, January 5–8, 1999). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1999, 7061. Wiederhold, G. Intelligent integration of information. In Proceedings of the 1993 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD ’93) (Washington, D. C., May 26–28, 1993). ACM Press, New York, NY, 1993, 434–437. Yu, C., and Popa, L. Constraint-based XML query rewriting for data integration. In Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD ’04) (Paris, France, June 13–18, 2004). ACM Press, New York, NY, 2004, 371–382