Business Information Systems - 11th International Conference, BIS 2008, Innsbruck, Austria, May 5-7, 2008, Proceedings

Title Page

Preface

Organization

Table of Contents

An Entry Vocabulary Module for a Political Science Test Collection

Introduction

Domain Specific Retrieval Evaluation

Evaluation Design

Entry Vocabulary Module

Static Entry Vocabulary Module

Dynamic Entry Vocabulary Module

Evaluation Results

Evaluated Runs

Results

Topic Analysis

Conclusions

References

Chinese Organization Entity Recognition and Association on Web Pages

Introduction

Related Work

Entity Candidate Generation

Organization Name Recognition

Organization Address Recognition

Entity Association

Experiments

Baseline System for Chinese Organization Name Recognition

Datasets and Lexicons

Evaluation Measures for Recognition

Experiments on Chinese Organization Name Recognition

Experiments on Chinese Organization Address Recognition

Experiments on Entity Association

Conclusion

References

Language Model Based Temporal Information Indexing

Introduction

Problem Statement

Related Work

Methods

Reference Index Preparation

Preliminary Results

Classifier Construction

Results

Discussion

Turning a Corporate Folksonomy into a Lightweight Corporate Ontology

Introduction

Related Work

Overview of Techniques and Resources

Step 1: Finding Similar Tags

Step 2: Finding Concepts and Relations between Tags

Deriving a Lightweight Corporate Ontology

Folksonomy in the Company

Statistics of the Corporate Folksonomy

Our Approach

First Results

Added Value for a Company

Discussion and Future Research

Conclusion

Discovering Semantics in Multimedia Content Using Wikipedia

Introduction

Semantics in the Web

A Semantic Discovery Approach

Information Extraction

Semantic Extraction Using Wikipedia

Applications

Related Work

Future Directions

Conclusion

Combining Structure and Semantics for Ontology-Based Corporate Wikis

Introduction

From Wikis to Semantics

Wikis for Knowledge Management in Organizations

The Semantic Web and Ontologies for Better Wikis

A Semantic Wiki-Farm for Corporate Knowledge Management

Main Features

Global Architecture

Editing and Browsing Enhanced Wiki Pages

Manage Ontology Instances with Wiki Forms

Immediate Reuse of Knowledge When Browsing Wiki Pages

First Experiments

Conclusion and Future Works

Agreeing While Disagreeing, a Best Practice for Business Ontology Development

Introduction

The Problem and a Conceptual Solution

Ontological Commitment

Agreement vs. Commitment

Preserving the Disagreement

Positive vs. Negative Commitment

Public vs. Private Commitment

Language and Tool Support

The SEEMP Solution

Conclusions and Future Work

Modeling and Using Polish Legal Knowledge - Commercial Companies Code Ontology

Introduction

Legal Ontologies

Ontology Definition

The PCCC Ontology Corpus

Polish Commercial Companies Code

Conceptualization and Implementation

Reasoning

Case 1 – An Unlimited Partnership

Case 2 – Reductio Ad Absurdum and a Limited Liability Company

Conclusion

References

A Supply Chain Management Approach to Logistics Ontologies in Information Systems

Introduction

Related Work

Supply Chain Operations Reference Model

Proposal of Logistics Ontologies

Logistics Top Level Ontology

Logistics Process Type Ontology

Logistics Process Category Ontology

Logistics Process Element Ontology

Use Cases

Conclusions

References

Transforming Existing Knowledge Models to Information Extraction Ontologies

Introduction

Presentation Ontologies

Reuse of Domain Ontologies

Reuse of UML Models

Structural Diagrams

Behavioral Diagrams

Interaction Diagrams and UML Supplements

Suitability of Other Commonly Used Metamodels

Related Work

Conclusion and Future Work

References

Community-Driven Ontology Evolution: Gene Ontology Case Study

Introduction

Goals and Activities of the Community

Structure and Changes of GO

Data Analysis

Challenges and Limitations of Community-Driven Ontology Evolution

Measuring Community-Driven Ontology Evolution

Towards Increased Community Support

Conclusions

References

Semantic Integration of Process Models into Knowledge Management: A Social Tagging Approach

Introduction

The Need for Process Models in Knowledge Management

Scarce Usage of Process Models in Organizations

Neglecting of Process Models in Knowledge Management

Knowledge Work with Process Models

Requirements

Approach: Social Tagging and Tool Integration

A Prototypical Infrastructure

Related Work

Discussion and Further Work

References

Influence Factors of Understanding Business Process Models

Introduction

Related Work on Understandability

Research Design

Data Gathered in the Survey

Hypothetical Relations between Factors and Understandability

Results

Personal Factors

Model Factors

Content Factors

Prediction of Correct Answers

Conclusions

Concepts for Modeling Hybrid Products in the Construction Industry

Introduction

Related Work

Product Modeling

Service Modeling

Research Approach

Meta Modeling Process

Meta Model Language and Modeling Conventions

Analysis

Overview

ARIS

ISO 10303

ISO 13584

Y-CIM

GAEB DA XML 3.0

Bau:Class

Synthesis

Model Elements and Scope

Integrated Meta Model

Conclusions

References

Improving Requirements Analysis through Business Process Modelling: A Participative Approach

Introduction

Background and Related Work

BPMN

Related Work

Approach for BPMN-Based Requirements Engineering

Organizational Modeling

Business Process Analysis

Functional Requirements Specification

Practical Experience

Conclusions and Future Work

References

Weak Dependencies in Business Process Models

Introduction

Related Work

Weak Dependency

Workflows and Process Models

Weak Dependencies at a Glance

Prototype

Summary and Outlook

Advanced Querying and Reasoning on Business Process Models

Introduction

Requirements Analysis

Usage Scenarios

Requirements

The Approach

Rich Process Description

User-Friendly Query Interface

Querying

Achieving Flexibility in Querying

Related Work

Conclusion

Prototypical Implementation of a Pragmatic Approach to Semantic Web Service Discovery during Process Execution

Introduction

Problem Statement

Research Design

Solution

Overview

Execution of a Semantic Process

Semantic Invocation Service (SISi)

Discussion

SAF: Strategic Alignment Framework for Monitoring Organizations

Introduction

Related Works

GQM+ Strategy Method

Process Performance Indicators Monitoring Model

The Framework

Business Motivation Model (BMM)

Problem Frames (PF)

The Comparison with Models in Literature

The Table of Comparison

Deriving the Probes in SAF

An Application of SAF

Electric Company Validation Case

Conclusions

Towards Measuring Key Performance Indicators of Semantic Business Processes

Introduction

Performance Management within the SBP Lifecycle

Modeling Key Performance Indicators

KPI Ontology

Example

Monitoring Key Performance Indicators

Related Work

Conclusions and Outlook

References

Structural Detection of Deadlocks in Business Process Models

Introduction

Motivation and Related Work

Preliminaries

BPMN-Q

Deadlock Patterns

Limitations and Assumptions

Deadlock Queries

Loop Deadlock Pattern

Multiple Source Deadlock Pattern

Improper Structuring

Example

Conclusion

Employee Competencies for Business Process Management

Introduction

Roles in Business Process Management

Classification Method for Levels of Competencies

Catalog of Competencies

Competence Framework for Business Process Management

Conclusion

References

Enterprise Web Services and Elements of Human Interactions

Introduction

Human-Service Interactions

Intranet Portal Case Study

Exploratory Findings and Web Service Implications

Conclusions

Specifying Separation of Duty Constraints in BPEL4People Processes

Introduction

Preliminaries on B4P and WS-HT

Role-Based and Task-Based Access Control

BPEL4People Support for SOD Constraints

Strategies for Implementing SOD in B4P/HT

Access Control Enforcement Issues in B4P/HT

Related Work

Conclusion

Web Service Discovery in the FUSION Semantic Registry

Introduction

Describing Service Characteristics in FUSION

An Overview of the FUSION Semantic Registry Architecture

Functionality of the Publication Manager Module

Functionality of the Discovery Manager Module

Matchmaking Capabilities of the FUSION Semantic Registry

Categorisation-Level Matching

Message-Level Matching

Schema-Level Matching

Related Work

Conclusions

References

Towards the Aggregation of Security Requirements in Cross-Organisational Service Compositions

Introduction

Interactions of Security Requirements

Travel Agency Service Scenario

Classification of Requirement Interactions

Security Model

Specifying Security Goals

Enforcing Security Constraints

Aggregation of Security Requirements

Determining a Consistent Aggregation of Security Requirements

Aggregating Security Requirements in a Service Composition

Related Work

Conclusion

Future Work

Industrialized Generation of Financial Services by Component-Based Information Systems

Introduction

Problem Formulation and Related Work

Industrialization of Information Systems Development

Personal Financial Planning with Life Charts

Design and IT-Architecture

Prototype gsTools Life Charts

Evaluation

Conclusions and Future Work

References

Making the Agent Technology Ready for Web-Based Information Systems

Introduction

Context

The Classical MVC Design for a Web-Based Information System

Agent Systems and Integration with Other Software Services

AgentSearch - Agent-Based Web Information Retrieval

Problem Definition and Requirements for the Agents

Multi-agent System Design Considerations

Integrating the Agent System in the Web Application

Practical Integration of Agents in AgentSearch

Conclusion

An Architecture for a QoS-Aware Application Integration Middleware

Introduction

Use Case

Digital Content Negotiation

Large Scale Information Distribution

Benefits of Triple Space

Triple Space Architecture

Kernel Architecture

Kernel Components

Triple Space Kernel Prototype

Triple Space Distributed Architecture

Related Work

Conclusion

Performance and Architecture Modeling of Interoperability System for SME’s

Introduction

ABILITIES Project

UBL and ABILITIES Message Structure

Model of Interoperability System

Petri Net Model of Interoperability System

Results of Modeling

Conclusions

References

Measurement of Business Process Orientation in Transitional Organizations: An Empirical Study

Introduction

Measurement of Process-Orientation in Organizations

Transformation from Functional to Process-Oriented Organization

Research Design, Data Collection, and Data Analysis

Measurement of Process Orientation

Assessment of ERP System Implementation

Discussion of Findings

Conclusion

References

A Metric for ERP Complexity

Introduction

Complexity Metrics

Sales and Order Process and Its Complexity

Inter-module Complexity Metrics for Sales and Order Process

Intra-module Complexity

Conclusion

Data and Information Quality Assessment in Information Manufacturing Systems

Introduction

Literature Review

Research Model

Application

Conclusion

References

A Comparative Study of Enterprise System Implementations in Large North American Corporations

Introduction

Measurement of ES Implementation

Measurement of Success of ES Implementation

Measurement of Challenges of ES Implementation

Measurement of Success of ES Utilization

Data Collection and Analysis

Comparative Analysis of Success of ES Implementation

Comparative Analysis of Challenges of ES Implementation

Comparative Analysis of Success of Utilization ES

Correlation Coefficient Analysis of Constructs of ES

Conclusions

References

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Implementation Challenges: A Kenyan Case Study

Introduction

Literature Review

Research Methodology

Results

Factor Analysis

Conclusion

Web Data Integration System: Approach and Case Study

Introduction

System Approach and Architecture

Prototype of System

Building University Ontology

Building of GUI

Developing of Ontology Server

Building Transformer

Mapping Algorithm

Developing of Query Process Module

Building of Translators

Building Wrappers

Building of Converter

Building Exporter

Conclusion

References

Integration of Data and Rules in Inference with Queries Method

Introduction

Foundations for Inference with Queries Method

Related Works

Application of IwQ Method in Expert Systems

Modeling Complex Information Systems

Conclusions

Semantically Sensitive Execution of Relational Queries

Introduction

The Main Concept Introduction

Equivalence of Terms

Generalisation of RA

Semantic SQL

Semantic SELECT Operator

Semantic WHERE Operator

Semantic INNER JOIN operator

Overview of SSQL Execution Environment – An Implementation

Conclusions

References

From Business Rules to Application Rules in Rich Internet Applications

Introduction

Motivating Example

From Rule-Based Systems to Rule-Enabled Systems

User Interface Design Patterns

Deriving Application Rules from Business Rules

The Need for Complex Event Processing

Architecture

Design-Time Architecture

Run-Time Architecture

Related Work

Conclusions and Future Work

Enabling Context-Based Cooperation: A Generic Context Model and Management System

Introduction

Executing Service Compositions with Mobile Processes

Requirements Analysis

Related Work

A Context Component for Distributed Mobile Systems

Generic Context Model

Context Management System

Evaluation

Conclusion and Future Work

Hydra – An Application Framework for the Development of Context-Aware Mobile Services

Introduction

Motivation

Requirements on a Framework for Context-Adaptive Mobile Applications

Functional Requirements

Architectural Requirements

Design of the Hydra-Framework

The Hydra-Framework as a Middleware between Applications and Technologies

Support of Different Client Types

Realisation of the Context-Adaptation

Communication Processes

Application Manager

Evaluation

Conclusions and Future Work

References

Author Index