Dear Colleague,

 

I am pleased to provide you with the official announcement for

International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE) Volume 8, Issue 4, October - December 2013.

An Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association

Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically

ISSN: 1554-1045; EISSN: 1554-1053;

Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ghazi I. Alkhatib (Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan), Ernesto Damiani (University of Milan, Italy)

 

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at

http://www.igi-global.com/ijitwe

 

All inquiries and submissions should be sent to:

Editor-in-Chief: Ghazi I. Alkhatib at Alkhatib@psut.edu.jo; Ernesto Damiani at ernesto.damiani@unimi.it

 

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GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE

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** Special Issue on Semantic and Web Technologies

Mimoun Malki (Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria), Salima Benbernou (Paris Descartes University, Paris, France)

 

To obtain a copy of the Guest Editorial Preface, click on the link below.

www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=103161&ptid=71713&ctid=15&t=Special Issue on Semantic and Web Technologies

 

* ARTICLE 1

Enabling Semantic Mediation in DaaS Composition: Service-Based and Context-Driven Approach

Idir Amine Amarouche (University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Bab-Ezzouar, Algeria), Djamal Benslimane (Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France), Zaia Alimazighi (University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Bab-Ezzouar, Algeria)

 

As commonly agreed, Web services fall into two categories depending on their functionality world-altering services and Data-as-a-Service (DaaS). Much work has been done on automatic DaaS discovery and composition, such as the query rewriting approach proposed by the database community. In this context, DaaS is described as Parameterized-RDF View over Domain Ontology (DO). However, the DO is unable to capture the different perspectives or viewpoints for the same domain knowledge. This limitation raises semantic conflicts between pieces of data exchanged during DaaS composition process. Thus, mediators are typically required to reconcile potential conflicts. In this paper, the authors propose a service-based approach for automatically inserting appropriate mediation services in DaaS compositions to resolve incompatibilities in their data flow. Also, the authors present a context-driven approach to support semantic mediation between composed DaaSs. The implementation and the experimental evaluations performed showed us satisfactory results.

 

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www.igi-global.com/article/enabling-semantic-mediation-in-daas-composition/103163

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www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=103163

 

* ARTICLE 2

Semantic Cloud: Building Dynamic Mashup in Cloud Environment

Abdelhamid Malki (Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria), Sidi Mohammed Benslimane (Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria)

 

Mashups allowed a significant advance in the automation of interactions between applications and Web resources. In particular, the combination of web Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) is seen as a strength, which can meet the complex needs by combining the functionality and data from multiple services within a single Mashup application. Automating the process of building Mashup based mainly on the Semantics Web APIs which facilitate to the developer their selection and matching. In this paper, we introduce reference architecture with six layers representing the main functional blocks for annotating, combining and deploying Web APIs in Cloud environment. We introduce Semantic Annotation for Web Application Description Language (SAWADL), an extension of the Web Application Description Language (WADL) that allows the semantization of the REST Web Service. The proposed architecture uses the Cloud Computing technology as a promising solution to increase the number of public API and therefore making the engineering process of Mashup applications more agile and more flexible.

 

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

www.igi-global.com/article/semantic-cloud/103164

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.

www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=103164

 

* ARTICLE 3

Applying CBR Over an AI Planner for Dynamic Web Service Composition

Fouad Henni (LIO Laboratory Oran, University of Mostaganem, Algeria), Baghdad Atmani (LIO Laboratory Oran, University of Oran, Algeria)

 

Web services have emerged as a major technology for deploying automated interactions between distributed and heterogeneous applications. The main advantage of Web services composition is the possibility of creating value-added services by combining existing ones to achieve customized tasks. How to combine these services efficiently into an arrangement that is both functionally sound and architecturally realizable is a very challenging topic that has founded a significant research area within computer science. A great deal of recent Web-related research has concentrated on dynamic Web service composition. Most of proposed models for dynamic composition use semantic descriptions of Web services through the construction of domain ontology. In this paper, we present our approach to dynamically produce composite services. It is based on the use of two Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques: Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) and AI planning. Our motivating scenario concerns a national system for the monitoring of childhood immunization.

 

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

www.igi-global.com/article/applying-cbr-over-an-ai-planner-for-dynamic-web-service-composition/103165

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.

www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=103165

 

* ARTICLE 4

Geo-Multi-Agent System Based Webmapping Approach Using Multiple Representation and Generalisation Driven by Domain Ontology

Khalissa Derbal Amieur (Computer Science Department, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria), Kamel Boukhalfa (Computer Science Department, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria), Zaia Alimazighi (Computer Science Department, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria)

 

Geographic Information (GI) is currently available at any time, from anywhere on the surface of the earth, for any person connected to internet. Some applications of design, implementation, generation and dissemination of maps on the web are recognized as “Webmapping” application, geographic web services or more generally on demand-map making tools. All these web applications aims the satisfaction of user needs by providing personalized maps in a fast response time with a good quality. However, the complexity and diversity of aspects taking into account have lead researchers to focus on one aspect at the expense of others. Consequently, few works have addressed all these aspects simultaneously. The authors propose in this paper, a Webmapping approach organized into two main tasks: (1) query analysis driven by domain ontology in analyzing a query launched by a user on a web browser and (2) map generation process. The first step allows extracting and formalizing user needs through two map determinants factors: the Level of Detail (LoD) and Point of View (PoV) and the second, exploit an hybrid approach “Multi Representation and Generalization” in storing and generating geographical data with integrating Multi-Agent technology in all steps of processing. To evaluate the effectiveness of our proposal, a first tool prototype implementing our approach is so developed using a geographic vector dataset provided by national cartographic agency.

 

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

www.igi-global.com/article/geo-multi-agent-system-based-webmapping-approach-using-multiple-representation-and-generalisation-driven-by-domain-ontology/103166

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.

www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=103166

 

 

* ARTICLE 5

A Query Approximating Approach Over RDF Graphs

Ala Djeddai (LabGED Laboratory, Badji Mokhtar-Annaba University, Annaba, Algeria), Hassina Seridi-Bouchelaghem (LabGED Laboratory, Badji Mokhtar-Annaba University, Annaba, Algeria), Med Tarek Khadir (LabGED Laboratory, Badji Mokhtar-Annaba University, Annaba, Algeria)

 

Regardless of the knowledge structure lack about Resource Description Framework (RDF) data, difficulties, principally, occur in specifying and answering queries. Approximate querying is the solution to find relevant information by getting a set of sub structures (e.g. sub graphs) matching the query. Approaches based on the structure and others based on semantic, marginalized the common meaning between concepts in its computing. In this paper in order to improve the approximation by introducing the meaning similarity between components in the query and RDF components is proposed, getting better need satisfaction. The meaning similarity measure can be calculated using WordNet and used in all steps of the query answering process. In addition, other important properties in the approximation level calculation between query paths and RDF paths are considered; besides indexing and optimizations strategies are performed. Answers are a set of sub graphs ranked in decreasing order on its matching degree. Experiments are conducted within real RDF dataset.

 

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

www.igi-global.com/article/a-query-approximating-approach-over-rdf-graphs/103167

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.

www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=103167

 

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For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: www.igi-global.com/isj.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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** Mission of IJITWE:

The main objective of the International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE) is to publish refereed papers in the areas covering information technology (IT) concepts, tools, methodologies, and ethnography in the contexts of global communication systems and Web engineered applications. In accordance with this emphasis on the Web and communication systems, this journal publishes papers on IT research and practice that support seamless end-to-end information and knowledge flow among individuals, teams, and organizations. This end-to-end strategy for research and practice requires emphasis on integrated research among the various steps involved in data/knowledge (structured and unstructured) capture (manual or automated), classification and clustering, storage, analysis, synthesis, dissemination, display, consumption, and feedback. The secondary objective is to assist in the evolving and maturing of IT-dependent organizations, as well as individuals, in information and knowledge based Web engineering frameworks, processes, applications, integrated research, case studies, and platforms.

Coverage of IJITWE:

Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following:

- Case studies validating Web-based IT solutions

- Competitive/intelligent information systems

- Data analytics for business and government organizations

- Data and knowledge capture and quality issues

- Data and knowledge validation and verification

- Human factors and cultural impact of IT-based systems

- Information filtering and display adaptation techniques for wireless devices

- Integrated heterogeneous and homogeneous workflows and databases within and across organizations, suppliers, and customers

- Integrated user profiling, provisioning, and context-based processing

- IT education and training

- IT readiness and technology transfer studies

- Knowledge structure, classification, and search algorithms or engines

- Metrics-based performance measurement of IT-based, Web-based organizations, and social networks.

- Mobile, location-aware, and ubiquitous computing

- Ontology and Semantic Web studies

- Quality of service and service level agreement issues among integrated systems

- Radio frequency identification (RFID) research and applications in Web engineered systems

- Security, integrity, privacy, and policy issues

- Software agent-based applications

- Strategies for linking business and IT requirements

- Virtual teams and virtual enterprises: communication, policies, operation, creativity, and innovation

- Web engineering platforms: networks and cloud computing, with related application and security issues.

- Web systems architectures, including distributed grid computers and communication systems processing

- Web systems engineering design

- Web systems performance engineering studies

- Web user interfaces design, development, and usability engineering studies

 

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-information-technology-web/1093

 

 

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For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE) in your institution's library.  This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: http://www.igi-global.com/EResources/InfoSciJournals.aspx.

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