From the widespread use of Internet
technologies has arisen new methods for automated B2B exchange of information
using Web-based EDI. This paradigm adopts a flexible, nonplatform-specific open
standard in which agreement between organisations participating in the supply chain
can be more readily brokered.
One of the mechanisms semantic technologies provides for brokering agreements is
by providing instruments designed for unambiguous, loosely coupled data sharing.
An ontology provides for the explicit specification of domain knowledge external
to any one system. An organisation commits to external ontologies which may be
in use industry-sector wide providing an open standard for B2B communication.
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Semantic technologies use the domain knowledge to provide machine interpretable
context-sensitive information which may be shared (Lee, 2004). Semantic search
engines using ontologies allow the retrieval of context-sensitive information that
may be coupled with intelligent agents to provide brokering and negotiation capabilities
(Schoop et al.
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