e-Profile management as a basic horizontal service for the creation of specialized e-services

Abstract

Integrating raw data with the Web, i.e. making a Web of Data, has the intrinsic power to create maximum utility for the Netizens. However current technical approaches in this direction fail in handling properties such as data provenance and licensing, thus increasing the chasm between the trend to "open data for maximum reuse" and the security and privacy needs related to users' personal data (e-Profile) treatment. In such a context a specific challenge is the development of innovative and alternative approaches for e-Profiles creation and management. The InterDataNet architecture is herewith considered as infrastructural solution aiming at providing a Web-based trust-enabling management of e-Profiles to third party generic e-Service Providers to support access and delivery of trusted and personalized e-Services. This paper presents some flashes of a more detailed analysis in progress on this problem, made according to the multiplicity of the Service Science, Management and Engineering perspectives, to highlight the prospected advantages and the viability involved by the proposed approach. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.