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Towards a Semi-automated Tool for Interoperability Assessment: An Ontology-Based Approach

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Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination (SPICE 2017)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 770))

Abstract

Interoperability is an essential requirement to be verified when enterprises are starting and maintaining a collaborative relationship. To ensure that such a requirement is continuously met, interoperability needs to be assessed. Various assessment approaches have been proposed in the literature to identify strengths and weakness of an enterprise in terms of their ability to interoperate. However, the main existing approaches are addressing specific aspects of interoperability and focusing on one type of measurement. To assess different aspects of interoperability of the same company, one may use multiple approaches which might cause redundancy and confusion considering the different metrics. Therefore, the objective of this paper, is to propose an assessment approach based on the so called Ontology of Enterprise Interoperability. The proposed approach is supported by a semi-automated tool aiming at reducing the time and paperwork required for evaluation. An example of a networked enterprise is used to validate the approach.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been conducted in the context of the PLATINE project (PLAnning Transformation Interoperability in Networked Enterprises), financed by the national fund of research of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (FNR), under the grant C14/IS/8329172/R2.

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  1. CNRS, CRAN UMR 7039, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

    Gabriel S. S. Leal & Hervé Panetto

  2. Université de Lorraine, CRAN UMR 7039, Boulevard des Aiguillettes, B.P. 70239, 54506, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

    Gabriel S. S. Leal & Hervé Panetto

  3. ITIS, TSS, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

    Gabriel S. S. Leal, Wided Guédria & Erik Proper

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  4. Software Quality Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Leal, G.S.S., Guédria, W., Panetto, H., Proper, E. (2017). Towards a Semi-automated Tool for Interoperability Assessment: An Ontology-Based Approach. In: Mas, A., Mesquida, A., O'Connor, R., Rout, T., Dorling, A. (eds) Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination. SPICE 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 770. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67383-7_18

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