Semantic web for Semantic web for E-GovernmentE-GovernmentLingling CUILingling CUI

MotivationMotivation

E-E-Government Government

ContentContent

Scientific and technical overviewScientific and technical overview

Relative worksRelative works

What semantic web brings to e-governmentWhat semantic web brings to e-government

How e-government deploy semantic technologies How e-government deploy semantic technologies

Example applicationsExample applications

Future issues Future issues

ReferenceReference

Scientific and technical Scientific and technical overviewoverview

Semantic web Semantic web

““an extension of the current web in which an extension of the current web in which information is given well-defined meaning, information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation.” work in cooperation.”

Two features: machine readable; ontology Two features: machine readable; ontology basisbasis

Tim Berners-Lee

Scientific and technical Scientific and technical overviewoverview

OntologyOntology

In theory - specification of a In theory - specification of a conceptualizationconceptualization

In practical - a description of some domain In practical - a description of some domain knowledge.knowledge.

Web serviceWeb service

Reusable computational resourcesReusable computational resources

Scientific and technical Scientific and technical overviewoverview

Semantic web servicesSemantic web services

Semantic web technologies applied to web Semantic web technologies applied to web services.services.

Combine flexibility, reusability, and universal Combine flexibility, reusability, and universal access of WSs with the power of semantic access of WSs with the power of semantic markup and reasoningmarkup and reasoning

A promising infrastructure for next generation e-A promising infrastructure for next generation e-Government servicesGovernment services

Addressing integration and interoperabilityAddressing integration and interoperability

Related worksRelated works

EU-PUBLI.com EU-PUBLI.com projectproject

Distributed, Distributed, autonomous systems autonomous systems of each Public of each Public Administration can Administration can be brought together be brought together into a common into a common cooperative cooperative environment environment

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Related worksRelated works

eGOV projecteGOV project

put forward a put forward a kind of system kind of system infrastructure, infrastructure, and realize the and realize the objective of on-objective of on-line one stop line one stop governmentgovernment

Related worksRelated works

““GovML” GovML”

based on XML based on XML and used for and used for describing public describing public services and life services and life events.events.

What semantic web What semantic web brings to e-government?brings to e-government?

SchoolSchool HospitalHospital Post OfficePost Office

userId: ..userId: ..Name: ..Name: ..Education:Education:................

userId: ..userId: ..Name: ..Name: ..Education:Education:................

What semantic web What semantic web brings to e-government?brings to e-government?

Make search process more intelligentMake search process more intelligent

Semantic web help to realize One-stop portalsSemantic web help to realize One-stop portals

Resource sharing between different agenciesResource sharing between different agencies

How semantic How semantic technologies deployedtechnologies deployed

Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Modeling

Ontologies for describing concepts and Ontologies for describing concepts and servicesservices

knowledge retention and creationknowledge retention and creation

Creating the infrastructure for Creating the infrastructure for semantic interoperability semantic interoperability

knowledge use and transferknowledge use and transfer

Example applications - Example applications - FSSAFSSA

Indiana family and social services Indiana family and social services administrationadministration

serves families and individuals facing hardships serves families and individuals facing hardships associated with low income, disability, aging, and associated with low income, disability, aging, and children at risk for healthy development.children at risk for healthy development.

Knowledge modeling - ontology Knowledge modeling - ontology

FSSA database are organized as distributed ontologiesFSSA database are organized as distributed ontologies

FSSA application is wrapped with an e-service, and e-FSSA application is wrapped with an e-service, and e-service space is organized into distributed ontologies.service space is organized into distributed ontologies.

Example applications - Example applications - FSSAFSSA

infrastructure for semantic infrastructure for semantic interoperability - WebDGinteroperability - WebDG

Web Digital Government, A knowledge Web Digital Government, A knowledge collaborative portalcollaborative portal

querying databasesquerying databases

invoking FSSA applicationsinvoking FSSA applications

realize composing e-government services and realize composing e-government services and optimization of querying e-government servicesoptimization of querying e-government services

Future issuesFuture issues

Challenge of privacy, data protection and Challenge of privacy, data protection and authenticationauthentication

Cannot standardize the method to markup Cannot standardize the method to markup informational resourcesinformational resources

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