A Framework to Improve Semantic Web Services Discovery and Integration in an E-Gov Knowledge Network

One of the major challenges in Semantic Web Service (SWS) technology is the improvement of the services discovery process. This challenge is a critical issue to promote systems interoperability in the context of Scienti Network, an international knowledge network in Science & Technology. In this paper, we describe a framework under development to tackle this problem in the context of IRS-II SWS infrastructure. This framework (SeGOV), comprehends a set of ontologies to describe services in functional layers in order to improve the services descriptions and allow their discovery. We illustrate how this framework was applied to enable the discovery and interoperability of SWS in the Scienti Network and discuss some issues and benefits in the application of IRSII and SeGOV to promote SWS interoperability.