Enhancing Decision and Negotiation Support in Enterprise Networks Through Semantic Web Technologies

The SEWASIE project within the Semantic Web Action Line of the European IST Programme focuses on the question how to assist networks of small and medium enterprises (so-called Integrated Economies) in enhancing their intra-and inter-organisational information management capabilities. While the project also includes novel techniques for semantic enrichment, query management, and presentation techniques in multi-lingual information acquisition from the web, this paper addresses the question how to further exploit the acquired information; firstly, by linking it into more established decision support environments based on OLAP technologies; secondly, by using it as a basis to engage in negotiations concerning inter-organisational cooperation across European countries. Specific application domains studied within the project include financial reporting and controlling systems for the intraorganisational aspects, and fashion design applications as a typical example of inter-organisational cooperation.