Jabu Mtsweni
ABSTRACT
Real-world implementations of semantic services that could enable seamless integration of heterogeneous systems on the fly are deficient. This could be attributed to the complexity of heavy-weight semantic technologies, which mostly have a steep learning curve. As a consequence, the evolvement of modern approaches that purport to simplify the engineering of such services is a necessity. In this short paper, we present a work-in-progress model-driven approach that seeks to simplify and speed up the process of engineering RESTful semantic services. The suggested approach promotes automatic transformation of platform independent service models to partial service implementation and semantic descriptions to realize functional RESTful semantic services. The proposed solution is demonstrated and evaluated through a simple use-case scenario.
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- Engineering RESTful semantic services on the fly
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