An ontology-based framework to semantically describe XML-based business documents.

Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to present an ontology-based framework for supporting the representation of the semantics of the XML-based EBDs, which are interchanged between trading partners for managing a decentralized B2B collaborative relationship. This framework is based on the idea of making explicit contextual features, generally implicit in an ontology, for allowing the semantic interoperability between the Information Systems belonging to different contexts. The use of the framework is illustrated with an application example.