An egovernment case study: Integrating governmental services using semantic web technology

Abstract

In this section we will describe a prototypical application that shows how Semantic Web Services and current state-of-the-art Enterprise Application Integration software can be used to integrate Government services across different service providers. Starting from a use case scenario and the general requirements that build the basis for our prototype, we will describe the generic integration architecture we have developed focusing mainly on the integration aspects of the Semantic Web Services. Following this we will describe the actual prototype application as well as some implementation details. Finally, we will close by a description of the challenges we faced when developing the prototype and by some general conclusions. © 2007 Springer.