DIP Integrated Project Proposal Meeting Frankfurt, 17th January 2003

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• DIP Integrated Project Proposal Meeting
  Frankfurt, 17th January 2003
• Alessandra Bagnato
• International RD Area
• TXT e-Solutions SpA, Milano (Italy)

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TXT - Key facts Figures

• TXT e-solutions (TXTS)
• Quoted at Milan stock exchange
• Year 2001 facts and figures
• Revenues 30 M (42 M est 2002)
• TXT personnel
• 350 employees (400 est 2002)
• TXT offices hubs
• Italy Milan Turin Genoa Bari Rome
• France Paris
• Germany Frankfurt
• Spain Barcelona
• UK London
• More info on our web site http//www.txtgroup.com
  

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TXT RD Structure
Applications for the media editorial industry
SCCM applications for manufacturing service
enterprises
Professional services
EC Projects Follow-ups
SCCM Division
PRS Division
MCM Division
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TXT Contribution to DIP idea

• The holistic approach proposed in DIP (Data,
  Information Process Integration) could be
  described in terms of an Ontology-based
  Intelligent Infrastructure, which could be seen
  both intra- and inter- Organisations.

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Enterprise Intelligent Infrastructure

• An Intelligent Infrastructure (II) is a layered
  representation of an Enterprise in various forms
  and formats.
• Depending on perspective it can have a varying
  number of layers and architectural levels
  (views).
• The systems engineering perspective identifies
  four layers, while the business manager is
  concerned with these three Business Model,
  Enterprise Knowledge ICT (Applications and Data).

• A simplified picture of an Enterprise Intelligent
  Infrastructure could be the green arrow in the
  following schema

Business
Processes
Knowledge
Knowledge
Ontologies
Semantics
Applications
Applications
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Common services provided

• An infrastructure provides common services such
  as
• ensuring the location of components within
  whatever "coordinate system" is pertinent,
• providing access or interconnection,
• providing isolation, and
• ensuring stability throughout a dynamic scenario
  of traffic, wear, contextual changes and internal
  innovations. (From the EXTERNAL Project)

• A semantic layer is necessary (in order to be
  properly understood and mutually inter-operated)
  for
• Business Process Management (including
  inter-connection and co-ordination) for
  eCommerce,
• Knowledge Management (including the whole K life
  cycle)
• Enterprise Applications Integration, both inside
  the Enterprise and outside it (extended
  enterprise).

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Semantic Web Services and DIP (1/2)

• We can identify 3 atomic SWS classes
• SWS for e-commerce (Business Process Mgmt), which
  are able to harmonise, coordinate and optimise
  BPs. They will include Modelling (templates
  fusion), Simulation (performance indicators),
  Planning (resources optimisation) and Actuation
  (workflow and document management) Web Services.
• SWS for KM, which are able to support the
  Knowledge life cycle. They will include K
  creation, K classification, K usage, K sharing
  and K transfer Web Services.
• SWS for EAI, which are able to integrate
  different functions implemented by different EIS.
  They will include ERP (ordering, invoicing,
  billing), SCM (procurement, partners selection,
  production planning execution), CRM (help desk,
  maintenance, post-sales) Web Services.

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Semantic Web Services and DIP (2/2)

• DIP innovation is in complex SWS classes
• SWS for Inter-layer Integration, which are able
  to handle all the mutual, dynamic interactions
  among atomic SWS
• Processes which change K Assets (new skills
  required, new competencies)
• New Knowledge Assets which imply modifications in
  the Business Processes (i.e. a new product, a new
  procedure)
• New Applications which affect both Business
  Processes and Knowledge Assets (i.e. a new
  Production Scheduler, a new Resource Manager)
• New Business Processes and Knowledge Assets which
  imply modifications in the ICT level (i.e. the
  adoption of B2B e-commerce, the adoption of a
  common standard format or procedure).
• SWS for Inter-company integration, which
  implement an Inter-Enterprise, Ontology-based
  Intelligent Infrastructure, to integrate the
  previous 4 SWS classes with experience, common
  sense and commercial strategies. In a typical B2B
  e-commerce scenario, they will include Selling,
  Buying and Negotiation Web Services.

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Ontology-based Inter-Enterprise Intelligent
Infrastructure

• The following picture represents the last
  scenario of Ontology-based Inter-Enterprise
  Intelligent Infrastructure.

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TXT envisaged role in DIP

• Owing to our recent research activities
  concerning
• the Intelligent Architecture for product
  inter-company configuration (IST-1999-10390
  LIAISE),
• the Semantic Inter-operability of Enterprise
  Applications Software (IST200137368 IDEAS)
• the Collaborative paradigm applied to e-commerce
  (IST-2001-37493 COMPANION),
• TXT would like to play the following role
• WP4 Integration WP Leader
• WP3-WP6-WP7 Contribution
• WP8 Exploitation of Results in Italy and South
  Europe.

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Thank You !

• Alessandra Bagnato, TXT e-solutions
• Email alessandra.bagnato_at_txt.it
• Tel. [phone]
• Mobile[phone]