Dear
TC6 members,
Here
are the aims and scope proposed for the new WG 5.5
Best
regards
Augusto
At 20:59 14-06-2002 +0100, you wrote:
Dear Luis,
Could you please
send the aims and scope in electronic form so that I can
circulate them
within TC6?
Thank you
Augusto Casaca
Here they
are:
WG 5.5 - CO-operation infrastructure for
Virtual Enterprises and electronic business" (COVE)
AIMS
To
promote and encourage research and technological development on many aspects of
business practices, advanced tools and mechanisms, and forthcoming standards, in
the areas of virtual organizations, virtual enterprises, and advanced electronic
business models.
To contribute to the harmonization and knowledge
dissemination of world-wide research results on virtual organizations, and to
foster needed collaborative developments.
SCOPE
-Reference
architectures for virtual organizations including life cycle
models
-Collaboration models in networked organizations
-Interoperability
infrastructures in collaborative web-based environments
-Safe communications
and authentication frameworks
-Distributed/federated information and
knowledge management
-Assessment of the role of ontology and
standards
-Planning and supervision of distributed business processes
-New
value systems and assessment methods
-Collaboration coordination and
management
-Supporting functions for the full life cycle of virtual
organizations
-Novel paradigms and methods to support distributed
collaborative processes
Best
regards,
Luis