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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Manouselis, Nikos; * | Costopoulou, Constantina
Affiliations: Informatics Laboratory, Division of Informatics, Mathematics and Statistics, Department of Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 118 55 Athens, Greece
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Tel.: +30 210 5294192; Fax: +30 210 5294199; E-mail: [email protected].
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.
Keywords: Internet, directory service, e-markets, UML, metadata
DOI: 10.3233/ISU-2005-25204
Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 95-107, 2005
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