What is Web Services Modeling Ontology (WSMO) and how does it relate to SEE?
Web Service Modeling Ontology (WSMO) is a framework for describing various aspects related to Semantic Web Services. It provides an ontology and language to capture four major aspects related to Semantic Web Services, namely: Ontologies – provide the terminology used by other WSMO elements to describe the relevant aspects of the domains of discourse; Web Services – are the computational entities providing access to services. They are described by their capabilities and their semantic means using terminology used in the ontologies; Goals – represent user desires, for which appropriate Web services are discovered and executed. Goals are also refer to the terminology defined in the ontologies and specified using logical expressions; Mediators – describe elements that overcome interoperability problems between different WSMO elements. These interoperability problems might stem from various mismatches, e.g. different terminology, communication protocols, etc.; WSMO provides a formal foundat
