Second International Workshop SMR² 2008 on

Service Matchmaking and Resource Retrieval in the Semantic Web

October 27, 2008

At the 7th International Semantic Web Conference Karlsruhe, Germany

Topics of interest are (but not exclusive):

• Advanced searching of services and other resources in the semantic Web
• Approaches to matchmaking and brokering in the semantic Web, with particular emphasis on semantic web services
• Semantic retrieval of resources and services in P2P and Grid networks
• Matchmaking in e-commerce scenarios: auctions, e-marketplaces, supply
  chain
• Composition planning of semantic Web services
• Negotiation of semantic Web services and resources
• Interleaving of discovery, composition, and negotiation of semantic
  Web services
• Formal description and handling of semantic Web services, queries, and
  resources
• Non-functional service properties and their use for discovery (and
  composition)
• Trust issues of semantic Web service discovery
• Prototypes and tools for semantic Web services engineering
• Practical and user-oriented issues and experiences of implementing semantic Web service retrieval
• Experimental comparative evaluation of implemented SW service retrieval tools