A Critical Evaluation of Web Service Modeling Language

ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to analyze and evaluate the Web service Modeling Language (WSML) as the formal language of Web service Modeling Ontology (WSMO) and then provide a number of improvement recommendations for obtained deficiencies in WSML. In order to facilitate understanding of our work, this thesis also briefly provides background information about web services, semantic web, semantic web ontology languages, Web Service Modeling Ontology and conceptual syntax of Web Service Modeling Language as well as logical formalism used by WSML. In this thesis, WSML has been critically analyzed and evaluated in detail by developing semantic web service for “University Course Registration” using the WSML rule variant and first order logic. At the end of the thesis the weak and missing parts of WSML were defined and possible suggestions were made for improvement. Keywords: Web service modeling language, web service modeling ontology, web services, semantic web, ontology. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………