D1.2.2 / SWS Bootstrapping Methodology – v2 1 EU-IST Project IST-2004-026460 TAO TAO: Transitioning Applications to Ontologies D1.2.2 SWS Bootstrapping Methodology –v2 Florence Amardeilh & Bernard Vatant (Mondeca) Nicholas Gibbins (University of Southampton) Terry R. Payne (University of Liverpool) Hai H.Wang (Aston University) Abstract EU-IST Specific targeted research project (STREP) IST-2004-026460 TAO Deliverable D1.2.2 (WP 1) The emergence of Web Services has been key in facilitating the construction of flexible and robust applications from distributed, heterogeneous components. This has resulted in a shift from traditional stovepipe applications to loosely federated, interacting services. Mechanisms to support the rapid composition of services rely on the specification of rich, formally specified Semantic Web Service Descriptions, which are dependent on the existence of shared ontologies. To facilitate the construction of Semantic Web Services, ontologies should be elicited or identified that represent both the domain of the application modelled, and the tasks that the services achieve. This document represents the development of a methodology for transitioning applications to Semantic Web Services by examining and presenting much of the literature relevant to the various stages of developing Semantic Web Services. Keyword list: Semantic Web Services, Ontologies, Methodologies WP1 Semantic Web Services Bootstrapping Methodology Document ID: TAO/2008/D1.2/v3.0 Nature: Report Dissemination: PU Contractual date of delivery: 28 Feb 2009 Actual date of delivery: 14 Apr 2009 Reviewed By: Paul Doran, University of Liverpool