Towards a semi-automated tool for interoperability assessment: An ontology-based approach

Gabriel S S Leal (1, 2) , Wided Guédria (2) , Hervé Panetto (1) , Erik Proper (2)

1 CRAN - Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy
2 LIST - Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

Interoperability is an essential requirement to be verified when enterprises are starting and maintaining a collaborative relationship. To ensure that such a requirement is continuously met, interoperability needs to be assessed. Various assessment approaches have been proposed in the literature to identify strengths and weakness of a system in terms of their ability to interoperate. However, the main existing approaches are addressing specific aspects of interoperability and focusing on only one type of measurement. To assess different aspects of interoperability of the same system, one may use multiples approaches which might cause redundancy and confusion considering the different metrics. Therefore, the objective of this paper, is to propose an assessment approach based on the so called " Ontology of Enterprise Interoperability ". The proposed approach is supported by a semi-automated tool aiming at reducing the time and paperwork required for evaluation. A real case study dealing with a networked enterprise is used to validate the approach.

Mots clés: Interoperability Assessment; Interoperability Requirements; Ontology; Networked Enterprise

Domaines: Ingénierie assistée par ordinateur; Informatique [cs]; Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Gabriel S S Leal, Wided Guédria, Hervé Panetto, Erik Proper. Towards a semi-automated tool for interoperability assessment: An ontology-based approach. International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2017, Oct 2017, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. pp.241-254, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-67383-7_18⟩. ⟨hal-01599149⟩