Semantic Business Registry Information Model

For the intelligent business process management, ebXML registry needs to efficiently store and process semantic information. Even though ebXML registry provides two basic information models to define and associate semantics between registry objects; e.g., classification information model and association information model, they cannot express all semantics of the standard Web ontology language (OWL) due to their generic differences in design goals and usage patterns. To support OWL semantics in ebXML registries is to provide a foundation for intelligent information processing in ebXML registries. In this paper, we address how to embed OWL semantics in the ebXML registry. To express OWL constructs in ebXML registries, we propose a new ebXML registry information model, i.e., a semantic information model (SIM).