Searching Semantic Web Services: An intelligent agent approach using semantic enhancement of client input term(s) and matchmaking step

Abstract

This paper proposes a smart mechanism to discover Semantic Web Services satisfying client requirements. The increase in web services and lack of semantic base in search mechanisms of UDDI make it difficult for clients to find a required web service. It is proposed to develop an Intelligent Agent to discover required web services from web. The system uses OWL-S for describing semantics of web services and discovers appropriate semantic web services through these semantic descriptions. OWL-S allows semantic description of web services and hence, the intelligent agent is able to understand predefined concepts of Semantic Web Services, extract necessary information and decide on the requirement of a service for a client. The intelligent agent interacts with client and Semantic Web Services. The system proposed combines aspects of two research topics (Smart Web Query Engine and Matchmaking Algorithm of OWL-S/UDDI Matchmaker) to facilitate the provision of web services to a client.