1. A project co-funded by the Project Partners and the European Commission STASIS: The Road to Semantic Interoperability Matt Hinds (matt.hinds@sunderland.ac.uk)

2. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS Introduction Background The STASIS Project Technical Information Deliverables

3. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS Background Global economy Electronic trading increasing in popularity Language differences a limiting factor Semantics can solve the problem Complicated and costly to implement

4. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS Using Semantics Large Companies –Financially viable –Internal resources available –Use available standards Small/Medium Enterprises (SMEs) –Limited budget –Limited expertise –Limited resources

5. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS The Problem “If I have information in my format, and it is integrated into my systems, I want to put minimal effort into mapping this into any format (standardised or not) to do electronic business with another party.”

6. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS Solution STASIS (SofTware for Ambient Semantic Interoperable Services) –Aims to allow SME and corporate participation in the eEconomy –Addresses semantic gap in integration –Provides services and applications –Industrial partners involved during requirements analysis, testing and validation

7. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS Project Information €4m, EU Funded project (6 th Framework) 13 Partners across EU and China –Commercial; Universities; User Organisations Links to standardisation and interoperability organisations –CEN/eBES; CEN/eBIF; UN/CEFACT

8. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS Partners Commercial Companies –TIE, Porthus and iSoft Universities –Sunderland, Oldenburg and Modena e Reggio Emilia, Tsinghua User Organisations –AIDIMA, Mariner, Shanghai Sunline, Foton, TANET, ZF Friedrichshafen AG

9. A project co-funded by the Project Partners and the European Commission Technical Information

10. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS Component Component based architecture –STASIS Beacon –STASIS Flock –STASIS Semantic Analysis Tool –STASIS Comparator –STASIS Viewer –STASIS Distributed Information Purifier

11. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS STASIS Beacon Core system service Holds semantically tagged data Registry and repository Created using other applications Deployed anywhere –Private Organisation –Sectoral association –International community organisations

12. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS STASIS Flock Made of STASIS Beacons Beacons operate in federated manner –Allows semantic information to be retrieved anywhere Based on the open SEEM registry and repository network

13. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS STASIS Semantic Analysis Tool Used to insert specifications Analyses user specifications based on user, sector and global knowledge Information placed in Flock is available to all users

14. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS STASIS Comparator Allows researching organisation to determine semantic possibilities Largely automated, but allows user intervention Information fed back into Flock

15. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS STASIS Viewer Allows any party to view semantic information –Useful when establishing new content flows

16. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS STASIS Distributed Information Purifier Possibility of conflicting information Wrong compromises may be made Distributed Information Purifier cleanses data –Removes incorrect relationships

17. Contact: info@stasis-project.netinfo@stasis-project.net Web: www.stasis-project.net STASIS Deliverables End of project: –Specifications/techniques publicly available –Software released with open interfaces and solutions

18. A project co-funded by the Project Partners and the European Commission Questions? http://www.stasis-project.net