An agent-based framework for integrating workflows and Web services

The semantic Web enables business-to-business in new ways. In this context, organizations need to make use of the new opportunities that the semantic Web technology provides. However, this should be done without major requirements on the organization. To this aim, we propose an agent-based model for integrating the usage of the semantic Web (represented as Web services) into an organization's work routines (represented by workflows). Further, we describe a possible architecture for our approach, and briefly show its feasibility with an implemented prototype.