Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Designing an Internet-based directory service for e-markets. |
| Authors: |
Manouselis, Nikos1 nikosm@aua.gr, Costopoulou, Constantina1 |
| Source: |
Information Services & Use. 2005, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p95-107. 13p. |
| Subjects: |
Directory services (Computer network technology), Internet, Online information services, Information resources, Electronic commerce, Metadata, Information organization, Programming languages, Information science |
| Abstract: |
The application of Internet technologies to online transactions has lead to the amazing growth of Internet-based electronic markets (e-markets). This paper describes an Internet-based directory service for e-markets that aims to facilitate online buyers by making the process of finding an e-market easier and less time-consuming. This service, termed e-Market Metadata (eMaM) directory service, is based on a metadata repository of e-markets' descriptions. These descriptions store a number of e-market characteristics according to the ‘Dublin Core for E-Markets’ (DC-EM) metadata model which has been developed for this purpose. In particular, this paper introduces metadata models and describes the DC-EM metadata model. Then, it presents the specification and implementation of the eMaM service using the Unified Modelling Language (UML). Finally, a pilot usage of the implemented eMaM service that examines 120 B2B, B2C, and C2C e-markets for various business sectors is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Engineering Source |
