A Semantic Service-Oriented Private Adaptation

Project funded by the European Community under
the “
Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in
particular SMEs)”



A Semantic Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation
Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable
and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products of
European Software SMEs


Project number

232372

Project Acronym

EMPOWER

Project Title

A Semantic Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the
Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software
Products of European Software SMEs

Thematic Priority

FP7
-
SME
-
200
8
-
1

“Research
for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

Start date of the project

May

1
st
, 200
9


Deliverable number

D
4
.
4

Deliverable name

InfomatiX
Prototype

Version

1
.0

Type (distribution level)

CO

Related
WP


WP
4

–

Enterprise Services and Objects
Semantic Map

Lead contractor

InfomatiX

Author(s)

Ákos Bérczes,
Panagiotis Gouvas
and
Eleni Fotopoulou


Contributing Partners

InfomatiX
,
SingularLogic,

ICCS




Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

FP7
-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

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2

of
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VERSIONING & CONTRIBUTION HISTORY


Version

Date

Modification reason

0.1

1.11.2012

Table Of

Contents

0.2

16.11.2012

Insertion of
Architectural diagram
s for

Distiller and CashTime in Chapter 2

0.3

02.12.2012

List of Figures

0.4

01.01.2013

Appendix

0.5

19.01.2013

Update Use Cases, Chapter 4

1.0

28.2.2013

Final

Version addressing the review
comments




Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

FP7
-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

Page
3

of
79


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY


This document presents the requirement analysis of the pilots of the InfomatiX prototype as these were
specified in the scope and goals of the EMPOWER project. The current document presents an overview
of the XML data transformation problem addressed in EM
POWER, and outlines the solution for
semantic
-
based data mapping. It also revises the InfomatiX requirements and discusses the integration
need, as well as the solution given by the EMPOWER project based on the idea of accomplishing
interoperability scenar
ios amongst registered services provided by discrete vendors. Furthermore, the
use case scenarios as these were determined by the functional requirements of the EMPOWER system
are reported. A representative set of use case scenarios were implemented in ord
er to present the
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Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

FP7
-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

Page
4

of
79


Table of Contents

VERSIONING & CONTRIBUTION HISTORY

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.....

2

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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3

Table of Contents

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4

List of Figu
res

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6

List of Tables

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9

Abbreviations

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10

1.

Introduction

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11

1.1.

Deliverable Outline

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13

2.

R
evision of InfomatiX Requirements

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..

14

2.1.

Software Product Used in the Pilots

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...........................

14

2.1.1.

Company product profile

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....

14

2.1.2.

Software product architecture

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...........................

15

2.2.

Software developments and maintenance

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16

2.2.1.

CashTime

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16

2.2.2.

Distiller

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17

2.2.3.

Mobia
ccess

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18

2.3.

Solution map

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19

2.3.1.

CashT
i
me

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19

2.3.2.

Distiller

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................................

19

2.3.3.

Correlation and combination

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19

2.4.

Shipment model

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19

2.5.

Data and functional templates

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...

20

2.5.1.

CashTime

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20

2.5.2.

Distiller

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23

2.6.

Integration need

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29

2.6.1.

CashTime

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29

2.6.2.

Distiller

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34

Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

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-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

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5

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2.6.3.

Mobiaccess

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34

3.

Exposing web services through SIL

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.....

35

3.1.

CashTime, web services exposed, use case scenarios

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................................

36

3.1.1.

Use Case #1
–

Create new record for a web service

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...........................

37

3.1.2.

Use Case #2
–

Modify a specific record of a web service.

................................
..................

38

3.1.3.

Use Case #3
–

View available operations of a web service
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.................

40

3.1.4.

Use Case #4
–

View
the WSDL of a web service

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................................
.

41

3.2.

Distiller, web services exposed, use case scenarios

................................
................................
...

42

3.2.1.

Use Case #1
–

Create new record for a web service

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...........................

43

3.2.2.

Use Case #2
–

Modify a specific record of a web service.

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..................

44

3.2.3.

Use Case #3
–

View
available operations of a web service
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.................

46

3.2.4.

Use Case #4
–

View the WSDL of a web service

................................
................................
.

47

4.

Interoperability scenarios through the use of SAL

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.............

48

4.1.

System test reports

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.....................

48

4.2.

Vendor use case scenarios

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48

4.2.1.

Use Case #1
–

Register Software Component(s)
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................................
.

49

4.2.2.

Use Case #2
–

Add new service to a current Software Component

................................
...

52

4.2.3.

Use Case #3
–

Edit
Functional Annotations

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................................
........

55

4.2.4.

Use Case #4
–

Edit Data Annotations

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................................
..................

58

4.3.

Customer use case scenarios

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................................
......

62

4.3.1.

Use Case #1
–

Manag
e Installations
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................................
....................

63

4.3.2.

Use Case #2
–

Define CPP's (Collaborative Party Profile)

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...................

65

4.3.3.

Use Case #3
–

Define CPA (Collaborative Party Agreement)

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..............

67

4.3.4.

Use Case #4
–

Show My CPA's (Bridges)

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.............

69

5.

Conclusions

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79




Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

FP7
-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

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6

of
79


List o
f

F
igures

Figure 1: Generic Design
-

and run
-
time XML data transformation.

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11

Figure 2: Generic M
-
N design
-

and run
-
time XML data transformation.

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...................

12

Figure 3: Architectural diagram of CashTime.

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............................

17

Figure 4: Architectural diagram of Distiller.

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................................

17

Figure 5: Architectural diagram of Mobiaccess.

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18

Figure 6: Distiller Ordering module schema.

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23

Figure 7: Distiller invoicing module schema.

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24

Figure 8: Customer Master Schema

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25

Figure 9: Material master schema.

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25

Figure 10: Prices schema.
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26

Figure 11: Listing schema.

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26

Figure 12: CashTime
-
SIL subsystem main page.

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36

Figure 13: Create new “Currency” record.
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..

37

Figure 14: Vendor completes the required fields.

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37

Figure 15: A new record of type "Currency" is created.

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38

Figure 16: List all records of the Currency table.

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38

Figure 17: Attributes of a Currency record.

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39

Figure 18: Modify the Currency name.

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39

Figure 19: System presents the modified record.

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39

Figure 20: CashTime web services page.

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40

Figure 21: XML code of the WDSL file.

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41

Figure 22: Distiller
-
SIL subsystem main page.

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42

Figure 23: Create new “Distiller authentication” record.

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43

Figure 24: Vendor completes the requir
ed fields.

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43

Figure 25: A new record of type "Distilleruserpdapassword" is created.

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44

Figure 26: List all records of the Distilleruserpdapassword table.

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44

Figure 27: Attributes of a Distilleruserpdapassword record.

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45

Figure 28: Modify the Login name.

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45

Figure 29: System presents the modified record.

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45

Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

FP7
-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

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7

of
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Figure 30: Distiller web services page.

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46

Figure 31: XML code of the WDSL fi
le.

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47

Figure 31: Mai
n Page of actor: Vendor.

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48

Figure 32: “Register Software Component” page.

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49

Figure 33: User completes the required fields.

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50

Figure 34: “Successful/Information” page.

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.

51

Figure 35: “Show S
oftware Components” page.

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52

Figure 38: User completes the required fields.

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53

Figure 36: "Register service" page.

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53

Figure 39: “Successful/Information” page.

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.

54

Figure 40: "Registered Web Services" page.

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55

Figure 41: "Functional Annotation of Web Service" page.

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56

Figure 42: “Functional Annotation of Web Service” page.

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57

Figure 43: “Successful/Information” page.

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.

57

Figure 44: “Data Annotation of Web Service” page.

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58

Figure 45 “Search for Matches” page.

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59

Figure 46: "Successful/Information” page.

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.

60

Figure 47: “Annotation Mapping Tool”

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61

Figure 49: “Main” page of actor: Customer

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62

Figure 50: "Manage installations of Exposed Web Servic
es" page.

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63

Figure 51: Exposed Web Services of a specific software component.

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64

Figure 52: "Define CPP's" page.

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65

Figure 53: "Re
gistered Web Services of a specific Software Component" page.

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.......

66

Figure 54: "Create a New CPP" option.

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.......

66

Figure 55: "Define CPA(Bridge)
--

WS" page.

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67

Figure 56: Creating a bridge between two web services.

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68

Figure 57: "Successful/Information" page.

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................................
.

68

Figure 58: "See My Bridges" page.

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6
9

Figure 59: Input XML for bridge operation.

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70

Figure 60: Bridge process results.

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70

Figure 61: First Soap Request/Respond of Bridge process.

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71

Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

FP7
-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

Page
8

of
79


Figure 62: XML code for XBRL UPCasting and DownCasting.

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71

Figure 63: UPCasting and D
owncasting xslt.

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72

Figure 64: Second Soap Request/Respond of Bridge process.

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...

72

Figure 65: Target service XML output.

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72

Figure 57: Disabled Bridge.

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73

Figure 67: Bridge process results.

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74

Figure 68: Bridge process information.

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Figure 70: Bridge process information.

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Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

FP7
-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

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9

of
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List of Tables

Table 1: Abbreviations table.

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10

Table 2: CashTime data format.

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22

Table 3: CashTime types and fields.

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23

Table 4: Custom master database table.

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....

27

Table 5: Product master database table.

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...

27

Table 6: Prices database table.

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28

Table 7: Order database table.

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...................

28

Table 8: Order Details database table.

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28

Table 9: Mapping for invoices.

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31

Table 10: Mapping for ledgers.

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33

Table 11: Semantic conflicts.

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33

Table 12: Accounting conflicts.

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33

Table 13: Type matching between the two services.

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Table 14: Type matching between the two services.

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76

Table 15: Type matching between the two services.

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Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

FP7
-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

Page
10

of
79


Abbreviations

Abbreviation

Definition

AJAX

Asyn
chronous Java and XML

API

Application Program Interface

CM

Canonical Model

CPA

Collaborative Party Agreement

CPP

Collaborative Party Profile

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

ERP

Enterprise
Resource P
lanning

IIS

Internet Information Services

IT

Information Technology

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant

RTDI

Research, Technological Development and Innovation

SAL

Semantic Adaptation Layer

SFA

Sales Force Automation

SIL

System Interoperability Layer

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

UI

User Interface

URL

Uniform
Resource Locator

WSDL

Web Service Description Language

XBRL

Extensible Business Reporting Language

XML

Extensible Markup Language

XSD

XML Schema Description

Table
1
: Abbreviations table.



Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

FP7
-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

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1.

I
ntroduction


EMPOWER addresses the issue of semantic interoperability of data exchanged by enterprises. Since the
data sent and received is assumed to be in XML, we face the problem of XML data transformation.
Figure
1

provides an overview of the elements involved in XML data transformation and the generic
process by which an XML document is transformed into another document. Company X (depicted on the
left side of the picture) want
s to send the Source XML document (e.g. an invoice) to Company Y. The
Source XML document is compliant with an XSD schema (Source XSD) made available by Company X
such that the receivers of its XML documents can understand the structure and meaning of such

documents. Company Y (on the right side of the figure) processes XML documents (in our case Target
XML) according to its own schema Target XSD. If Target XSD differs from Source XSD, then company X is
faced with the problem of having to process the Source

XML document which it does not understand.

Therefore, the
core challenge

is to generate the Target XML document from the Source XML document,
given the Source XSD schema and the Target XSD schema. A Transformation Layer is usually designed to
address thi
s challenge by providing means to map the Source XSD to the Target XSD at design time, and
by providing an engine that implements the schema mappings at run time when the Target XML needs
to be generated from Source XML.


Figure
1
:

Generic Design
-

and run
-
time XML data transformation.


The above solution does not scale when there are several Source XSDs that need to be mapped to
several Target XSDs (e.g. one compa
ny needs to send an XML document to several other companies
Transformation
Layer

Company X

Company Y

Source
XSD

Target
XSD

Source XML

(Instances)

Target XML

(Instances)


Schema
transformations

Instance
transformations

Design
-
time

Run
-
time

Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

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-
SME
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whose schemas are different from the one of the sender) because each mapping between a Source and
a Target need
s

to be designed, maintained, and implemented individually. This problem is usually
c
ircumvented by using an intermediate schema called
canonical model

(CM)
, which usually is a super set
of all other schemas, and providing mappings from the Source XSDs to the CM, and mappings from the
CM to the Target XSDs. This approach is illustrated in
Figure
2
. This approach implies that at run time the
Source XML document is used to generate a CM XML instance document (based on the mappings
between the Source XSD
and CM XSD), which in turn is used to generate the Target XML document
(based on the mappings between the CM XSD and the Target XSD).


Figure
2
:

Generic M
-
N design
-

and run
-
time XML data transformation.





Source
XSD
1
Source XML
i
(Instances)
Target
XML
j
(Instances)
Canonical Model (CM)
XSD
Source
XSD
2
Source
XSD
n
Target
XSD
1
Target
XSD
2
Target
XSD
m
CM XML
(Instances)
…
…
Design
-
time
Run
-
time
Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

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-
SME
-
200
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1.1.

Deliverable

Outline

Thi
s deliverable is divided into a number of chapters, which will be outlined below.


Chapter


2
–

Revision of
InfomatiX Requirements
:

The software
architecture of the
products provided
by InformatiX
and

the
ir

existing
data and functional templates
are

exte
nsively

described
.

In addition the
need for integration
and the solution given by the EMPOWER project based on the idea of
accomplish
ing

interoperability scenarios amongst registered services provided by the
Vendors

are

discussed
.


Chapter
3
–

Exposing web services through SIL:
In
this chapter the use of
the
System Interoperability
Layer

(SIL) subsystem

is
described in detail. Furthermore a representative set of use cases regarding the
set
-
up of
the
SIL subsystem and
the exposure of
web ser
vices employed by “CashTime” and “Distiller”
systems through
Spring
Roo Plug
-
in

are
presented.


Chapter
4
–

Interoperability scenarios through the use of SAL:

In
this section a representative set of
the use cases that will be supported by the EMPOWER p
latform are described in detail. The use case
scenarios which
are

presented are divided into two categories
, with the first
concerning the Vendor
capabilities through the EMPOWER platform and the other one
concerning

the perspective of the
customer/organiz
ation presenting possible interoperability scenarios amongst registered services
provided by the Vendors.


Chapter
5
–

Conclusions: In the final chapter the conclusions of this deliverable are discussed
, along
with

the achievements of
the
initial goals and target regarding the scope of InformatiX prototype.






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2.

Revision
of InfomatiX

Requirements

2.1.

Software Product

Used in the Pilots

2.1.1.


Company product profile

Infomatix Ltd
.

(www.infomatix.hu) is a rapidly growing System Developer and Integrat
or Company
specialized in the fields of developing Mobile Applications, CRM and Workflow management
Applications. The company has more than
2
50 clients with more than 50 000 users. Its products are
acclaimed for their high customizability and user
-
friendly

approach. Infomatix colleagues are technology
professionals, who implement and support world
-
class business solutions. The company believes in
commitment, quality, unquestionable integrity, putting the needs of
its

clients first and honoring the
intellect
ual capital of our employees.

Two of its products (Distiller and CashTime) are market leaders in Hungary, Distiller being a very popular
SFA system in the field of FMCG, whilst CashTime being a workflow, project and time / cost
management system mostly ap
plied in the consultancy sector. Infomatix recently released the 3.
1

version of its mobile development framework product called “MobiAccess” based on the idea of the
creation of an integrated software development tool compatible with different mobile devic
es.

This product is a Mobile framework that can help additional solutions ‘get mobilized’. This
means
that
with the use of
this

framework
,

ERP, CRM, Networking and other kind of applications can get a mobile
interface in a much easier way
than
it was prev
iously possible. Because of this background the solution
is especially focusing on providing fast and easy integration with ERP and CRM systems.

The innovation potential of the company is very strong
;

Infomatix manages several RTDI projects funded
from th
e Hungarian innovation Fund (such as MOBILMED, for example), the Structural Funds and the
Framework Programme (such as
FUSION

and EMPOWER).

In 2009 Infomatix Ltd. was announce
d that it has won the Deloitte T
echnology Fast 50 award. The Fast
50 is awarded b
y market analysis company Deloitte and is based on revenue increase of enterprises in
the Central European region.

Our products are acclaimed for their high customizability and user
-
friendly approach. One of our main
clients, ‘Nestlé Hungary’ has awarded u
s with a Regional Innovation Award 2004 for our Sales Force
Automation System, “Distiller” which was implemented for their Gastronomical sector.

We are proud to say that the innovation potential of our company is very strong. We are very much
interested i
n IT integration research activities as this is of great importance to our medium and long
term perspective in competitiveness.

We have made the research and the implementation of our products without any help from
multinational companies at ‘niche’ segmen
ts of the IT sector. However the company is a late entry in the
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IT business so at any time we implemented a product at a customer we were required to create a
communication link to at least 1 ERP or Financial or CRM product.
Currently we are working on a
s
olution which connects several ERP systems located in Central European countries. In this architecture
the information centre is in Hungary, but the system must be implemented in neighboring countries.
I
n
each country there are different ERP solutions
,

so
a strong communication interface is required. We also
encountered integration problems throughout the development work related to our new version of
“MobiAccess”.


We
have
participate
d

in an FP6 project (FUSION) which is also related to the topic of integr
ation as this
is about the implementation of a communication channel usable for any kind of data exchange.

These experiences led us to the conclusion that

the

IT integration market has further challenges which
we have to overcome to improve our services a
nd keep pace with the market needs.

2.1.2.


Software product architecture

CashTime

CashTime is web
-
based application that can be accessed via users through a web browser but it has also
a web
-
service interface that can be used by other applications to use the services provided by the
system. It provides an export/import capability that i
s used to integrate with third party applications,
mainly accounting applications. This export/import mechanism has to be customized currently to adopt
to

the given accounting software. As the customization must be done every time the system is
integrated
,

it is a main issue to make this process as fluent and easy as possible. Exploiting the benefits
of the EMPOWER project we expect the CashTime product to be far more adaptable and easier to be
integrated with.

Distiller

The Distiller application providing
field/sales force automation is relying heavily on the client
-
server
architecture. It has a client component that is used on handheld devices, a central client component that
is used for administration, reporting and monitoring the work done by the users u
sing the mobile
clients. The central (server) component is responsible for the connection to the central database,
orchestrating the synchronization process that exchanges data between the database and the mobile
clients. The system can be used as
a
standa
lone application but it is more profitable to integrate
it
with
an ERP system. This integration need leads this pilot project to implement an infrastructure that allows a
general easily adaptable interface to connect to and exchange data with ERP applicati
ons.

Mobiaccess

Mobiaccess is a mobile development framework that allows easy creation of mobile applications
without any platform
-
specific development knowledge. It supports both desktop PCs (including
notebook, tablet PCs) and all of the well
-
known mobil
e platforms (Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Java
-
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based phones, Symbian, iPhone, Android). Mobiaccess itself is not a solution but we have implemented
many products based on this framework, and we intend to use it as the integration platform that will
connect
Distiller and CashTime to the semantic web service layer.

Mobiaccess and Distiller are going to converge in the future. As the first step, the central server of
Distiller will be replaced by the Mobiaccess’ Sync Server. The Sync Server will enable
Distiller to connect
to the semantic web service layer using the connector that will be implemented during the Empower
project.

CashTime software product will have its own connector to the semantic web layer. This will enable the
integration between Mobia
ccess enhanced by Distiller and CashTime, exploiting the benefits of the
Empower project.

2.2.

Software developments and maintenance

2.2.1.

CashTime

CashTime is running on

an

IIS application server and
is
deployed as two web application
s
, one for the
core functionali
ties and one for administrative purpos
es
(
Figure
3
)
.
An additional application for finances
is also
d
eployed.

CashTime’s core and administration components are third
generation, web
-
based
solutions using a multi
-
tiered architecture. They are written in ASP.NET and AJAX to create a quickly
responding, functionally rich user interface. The application for finances is derived from a legacy
application and is written in Vi
sual Basic 6.

The web
-
based CashTime application is a successor of the
former Visual Basic 6 implementation. However the finances application comes from this version and
this explains why it is implemented in VB6.

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Application server
CT Admin
CT core
Data
base
Finances
application
Accounting system
Custom export
format
Web browser

Figure
3
: Architectural diagram of CashTime.


2.2.2.

Distiller

Distiller is shipped as one product however the administrative/management component and the mobile
client applications must be deployed on the appropriate devices separately.

The archi
tecture follows the
client
-
server model with fat clients

(
Figure
4
)
(
Error! Reference source not found.
)
.

Distiller server
Synchronization
engine
Data
Mobile
(
PDA
)
client application
Third party ERP system
Administrative
/
Management
application

Figure
4
: Architectural diagram of Distiller.


The central component is written in VB6 and the mobile clients are written in C++, the administration
component is derived from a legacy application and is written in Visual Basic 6, but its functionality is
extended by add
-
ins implemented in C#.

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The mobi
le clients are run on PDAs with Windows Mobile operating system, thus C++ is a natural choice
as implementation language. The central server and the component for administration are legacy
applications and intended to run only on Microsoft Windows, thus Vi
sual Basic was an easy choice for
them. The add
-
ins are implemented in C# as the most popular implementation language used for
Windows
-
based development and is more powerful than VB6.

2.2.3.

Mobiaccess

Mobiaccess consists of many components and there are several
deploying options. The most usual is to
deploy the synchronization server, the central administration application and the database on the same
host. The desktop client application is deployed separately, but the mobile client applications are
deployed usin
g the administration software.

Mobiaccess is based on the client
-
server architecture schema

(
Figure
5
)
. Its central server component is
responsible for data exchange b
etween the client devices and the central database and accessing
remote systems on behalf of the clients if the business logic dictates so.

The server component and the desktop client applications are implemented in Java,
while
the mobile
clients are imple
mented in the given platform native language (Java, C#, C++, Objective
-
C). The central
administrative component is based on a legacy application that is implemented in Visual Basic 6 and
add
-
ins are developed for it in Delphi and C#.

Mobiaccess Sync Server
Remote call
engine
Sync Engine
Data
base
Third party
ERP
/
CRM
/
etc
.
Mobile client
(
PDA
,
BB
,
Symbian
,
laptop
)
Desktop PC client
Administrative
application

Figure
5
: Architectural diagram of Mobiaccess.


The languages are chosen according to the given mobile platform native language, in some cases as the
only option and in other cases as the most efficient solution since effici
ency is essential considering the
limited computational capacity of the mobile devices.

The central administrative component is currently Windows
-
based, but it will be replaced with a new
component written in Java to provide platform independency.

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The SyncServer component is implemented in Java because Mobiaccess
aims for

platform independent
development and deployment in every aspect of the system.

2.3.

Solution map

2.3.1.

CashT
i
me

CashTime is mainly used in consultancy agencies, law firms, marketing agencies
but its services are
mainly domain independent
. Actually

time sheet and task management is also used by our company
internally.

2.3.2.

Distiller

Distiller is a field/sales force automation solution and therefore it is mainly used in market research,
finance, food

industry, healthcare, chemical industry domains.

2.3.3.

Correlation and combination

CashTime and Distiller functionalities can be easily combined as some of the services of CashTime are
domain independent. E.g. the tasks assigned in the Distiller system to the e
mployees using the mobile
devices can be automatically transferred to CashTime and form the base data to calculate the salary of
the given employee who is usually paid for performance.

However this interoperability is not straightforward to

be

implement
ed

currently. A possible solution is
to create a process that polls the Distiller database looking for changes, extract the information that has
to be transferred into CashTime while another process could insert this information to the CashTime
database. Thi
s solution is far from optimal
,

yet
the only possibility currently. This process would be
simplified using the semantic web services giving a direct connection between Distiller and CashTime.

2.4.

Shipment model

Neither CashTime nor Distiller has a reseller/dis
tributor network. They are marketed by the company
and deployed by support or consultant personnel. If the products have to be adjusted and/or integrated
to existing software of the customer, the implementation of these adjustments and integration
requirem
ents are developed by the company’s own development team. The customization usually
means that the codebase is branched and the necessary changes are implemented by the development
team, and a new application is built from the source.

The support of Distil
ler and CashTime customers
are based on their contract.

Mobiaccess is freely available to download from the Internet,
and
customers can use it to create the
applications they need. Another common scenario is when our company creates a solution for the
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cust
omer based on the framework. These customers contract for support
is
based on their needs. Users
developing their own application can contract for technical support, but all customers are receiving
basic technical support.

Customization of Mobiaccess can h
appen on multiple levels. First of all, as a development framework it
allows one to configure the mobile applications deployed onto the mobile devices. If some functionality
that is needed on mobile devices by the business logic
is missing from
the
framewo
rk,
it

can be
implemented as
an
add
-
in. If the server side needs additional functionality, e.g. accessing remote
systems or custom actions executed during synchronization, they can be implemented and added to the
SyncServer’s execution logic. These tasks c
an be done by customers as all documentation and API is
available, however usually they are implemented by InfomatiX’s development team.

2.5.

Data and functional templates

2.5.1.

CashTime

CashTime has been integrated with several accounting systems
; for the purposes o
f the project

we have
chosen one of them, called Precíz, a Hungarian accounting software (that is the reason for the non
-
English field names). The integration’s aim is to exchange accounting information between the two
systems. CashTime exports invoices, l
edgers, checkout and bank vouchers. Precíz uses a custom data
format to import data.

Export data format is the same for every voucher types, and is shown
in

Table
2

(
data type notation:
d

–

date,
c(L)

–

character value with length of L,
n(P,S)

–

numeric data with

precision of P and scale of S).

No

DataType

FieldName

isMandatory

Description

1

c(3)

Naplo

Y

Log ID

2

c(10)

Bizszam

Y

Invoice number / Arrival code

3

c(3)

Bts

Y

Order number

4

c(4)

Ev

Y

Accounting year

5

c(2)

Konyvho

Y

Accounting month

6

c(2)

Koteg

Y

Constant data

7

d

Iktnap

Y

Create date

8

d

Bizdat

Y

Delivery date

9

d

Bizkelt

Y

Invoice date

10

d

Fizhat

N

Due date

11

c(1)

Tk

Y

Movement type ( T
–

income, K
–

expense)

12

c(9)

Fokszla

Y

GLCode

13

c(12)

Partner

N

Client/Supplier code

14

c(50)

Nev1

N

Client / Supplier name

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No

DataType

FieldName

isMandatory

Description

15

c(50)

Nev2

N

Client / Supplier name 2

16

c(15)

IRSZAM

N

Zip code

17

c(30)

Varos

N

City

18

c(30)

UTCA

N

Street

19

c(10)

HSZ

N

Number

20

c(13)

ADOSZAM

N

Tax number

21

c(14)

EADOSZAM

N

EU tax number

22

c(2)

JELZO

N

Client /Supplier

23

c(9)

Afaszla

N

out of use

24

c(9)

KtgSzla

N

out of use

25

c(3)

Onelsz

N

out of use

26

c(30)

Onelsznev

N

out of use

27

c(9)

Ktghely

N

Cost place ID

28

c(30)

Ktgnev

N

Cost place name

29

c(20)

Munkasz

N

Engagement ID

30

c(30)

Msznev

N

Engagement name

31

c(20)

Szlaszam

N

Invoice number

32

c(20)

Alapbiz

N

out of use

33

c(1)

Fizmod

N

Payment type

34

n(16,2)

Alapn

Y

Net value without
tax

35

n(16,2)

Alapm

Y

Net value no tax

36

n(16,2)

alap0

Y

Net value with 0% tax

37

n(16,2)

alap1

Y

Net value with 5% tax

38

n(16,2)

alap2

Y

Net value with 25% tax

39

n(16,2)

Alap3

Y

Net value with 15% tax

40

n(16,2)

ado1

Y

5% tax value

41

n(16,2)

ado2

Y

25% tax value

42

n(16,2)

Ado3

Y

15% tax value

43

c(50)

Megj

N

Comment

44

c(9)

fokeszla

N

out of use

45

c(12)

epartner

N

out of use

46

c(3)

deviza

N

Currency ID

47

c(8)

arfbank

Y

Bank ID (for Currency rate)

48

d

arfdatum

Y

Currency rate date

49

c(1)

Arftip

Y

Type of currency rate

50

n(8,4)

arfertek

Y

Currency rate

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No

DataType

FieldName

isMandatory

Description

51

n(16,2)

dAlapn

Y

Net total in default currency

52

c(3)

Ancsop1

N

out of use

53

c(20)

Anegys1

N

out of use

54

c(30)

EgyNev1

N

out of use

55

c(3)

Ancsop2

N

out of use

56

c(20)

Anegys2

N

out of use

57

c(30)

EgyNev2

N

out of use

58

c(3)

Ancsop3

N

out of use

59

c(20)

Anegys3

N

out of use

60

c(30)

EgyNev3

N

out of use

61

c(20)

Szerszam

N

out of use

60

c(30)

SzerNev

N

out of use

Table
2
: CashTime
data format.

An integration of CashTime uses the fields denoted by ‘Y’ in the is

Mandatory column, and the
y can be
found collected in the
Table
3


for easier overview.

No

DataType

FieldName

isMandatory

Description

1

c(3)

Naplo

Y

Log ID

2

c(10)

Bizszam

Y

Invoice number / Arrival code

3

c(3)

Bts

Y

Order number

4

c(4)

Ev

Y

Accounting

year

5

c(2)

Konyvho

Y

Accounting month

6

c(2)

Koteg

Y

Constant data

7

d

Iktnap

Y

Create date

8

d

Bizdat

Y

Delivery date

9

d

Bizkelt

Y

Invoice date

11

c(1)

Tk

Y

Movement type ( T
–

income, K
–

expense)

12

c(9)

Fokszla

Y

GLCode

34

n(16,2)

Alapn

Y

Net value without tax

35

n(16,2)

Alapm

Y

Net value no tax

36

n(16,2)

alap0

Y

Net value with 0% tax

37

n(16,2)

alap1

Y

Net value with 5% tax

38

n(16,2)

alap2

Y

Net value with 25% tax

39

n(16,2)

Alap3

Y

Net value with 15% tax

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No

DataType

FieldName

isMandatory

Description

40

n(16,2)

ado1

Y

5% tax
value

41

n(16,2)

ado2

Y

25% tax value

42

n(16,2)

Ado3

Y

15% tax value

47

c(8)

arfbank

Y

Bank ID (for Currency rate)

48

d

arfdatum

Y

Currency rate date

49

c(1)

Arftip

Y

Type of currency rate

50

n(8,4)

arfertek

Y

Currency rate

51

n(16,2)

dAlapn

Y

Net
total in default currency

Table
3
: CashTime types and fields.

All of the fields listed above must be available in the web service layer to enable the integration.

2.5.2.

Distiller

Distiller is currently integrated to third party systems using its export/import function that can
read/write files and database tables.
In the frame of the this project w
e plan to implement the
integration of Ordering and Invoicing modules.

These modules

have the following schema
s

(
Figure
6
and
Figure
7
)

that can be considered as
underly
ing
meta
-
models for integration.



Figure
6
: Distiller Ordering module

schema
.


Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

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Date

28/2/2013


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:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

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Figure
7
: Distiller invoicing module

schema
.


The integration also requires exchanging master data. Distiller
stores mast
er data in the following
schema (

Figure
8
,
Figure
9
,
Figure
10
,
Figure
11
).


Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

FP7
-
SME
-
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Figure
8
: Customer Master

Schema



Figure
9
: Material master

schema
.


Partners
ID
Sdesc
InvoiceNAME
InvoiceNR
InvoiceCity
InvoiceZIP
InvoiceAddress
TAXNUM
TypeID
deleted
Palm
Sortiment
Basereduction
EXACTID
CreditLimit
ExciseLicense
WorkingLicense
ShopType
ShopTypeID
Sdesc
Description
deleted
PaymentTypes
UNID
SDesc
Description
deleted
DayOffset
IsCash
Shop
RUID
Sdesc
Name
EXACTID
EXACTPARTNERID
City
ZIP
Address
Contact
Manager
PhoneNO
FaxNO
email
Note
AreaID
SubTypeID
LastVisited
Item
ItemID
NECOMID
Name
ETK
VTSZ
ITJ
SubTypeID
EAN
ListPrice
ProductPrice
BasePrice
TAXCounted
VAT
NATTAXHUF
Orderable
PointValue
ItemCategory
QtyOnstock
deleted
Item2Categories
UNID
ItemID
CategoryID
deleted
ItemCategories
ID
ItemMainCategoryID
SDesc
Description
deleted
PartnerID
ImportTrID
ItemSubType
SubTypeID
NECOMID
TypeID
Sdesc
Description
deleted
BaseStrippingId
ItemType
TypeID
NECOMID
Sdesc
Description
deleted
AType
Project Name

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Project Number

232372

Document

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Date

28/2/2013


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:
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Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

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-
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Figure
10
: Prices

schema
.



Figure
11
: Listing

schema
.


One can see that the Distiller system has an extensive schema supporting any scenarios
occurring at the
customers, however this makes it on the other hand rather difficult to define a general schema that can
be used in the integration with other systems via the semantic web service layer. Therefore we chose a
smaller subset of data fields th
at can be used for integration purposes.

Item
ItemID
NECOMID
Name
ETK
VTSZ
ITJ
SubTypeID
EAN
ListPrice
ProductPrice
BasePrice
TAXCounted
VAT
NATTAXHUF
Orderable
PointValue
ItemCategory
Shop
RUID
Sdesc
Name
EXACTID
EXACTPARTNERID
City
ZIP
Address
Contact
Manager
PhoneNO
FaxNO
email
Note
AreaID
SubTypeID
LastVisited
Sortiment
UNID
RUID
ItemID
PARTNERID
ItemSubTypeID
Required
deleted
Sdesc
ImportTrID
CategoryID
ShopTypeId
ShopSubtypeId
ShopCatID
PartnerCatID
RuleLevel
Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


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:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

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-
SME
-
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-
1:
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Customer master
:

No

DataType

FieldName

Description

1

c(50)

CustomerId

Customer code

2

c(50)

Name1

Customer name

3

c(50)

Name2

Customer name 2

4

c(15)

Zip

Zip code (billing address)

5

c(30)

City

City (billing
address)

6

c(30)

Street

Street (billing address)

7

c(10)

HouseNo

House number (billing address)

8

c(50)

Country

Country (billing address)

9

c(15)

sZip

Zip code (shipping address)

10

c(30)

sCity

City (shipping address)

11

c(30)

sStreet

Street
(shipping address)

12

c(10)

sHouseNo

House number (shipping address)

13

c(50)

sCountry

Country (shipping address)

14

c(13)

TaxNo

Tax number

15

c(14)

EuTaxNo

EU tax number

16

n(10,0)

shopCategory

Category

17

n(10,0)

Chain

The chain this shop belongs
to

18

n(10,0)

ShopId

Shop code

Table
4
: Custom master database table.

Product master
:

No

DataType

FieldName

Description

1

c(50)

ProductId

Product code

2

c(50)

Name

Product name

3

c(100)

Description

Product description

4

c(15)

Packaging

Packaging type

5

c(30)

Type

Product type

6

c(30)

SubType

Product subtype

7

c(30)

Category

Product category

Table
5
: Product master database table.

Prices
:

No

DataType

FieldName

Description

1

c(50)

ProductId

Product
code

2

c(50)

CustomerId

Customer code

3

n(10,2)

Price

Price

Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


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:
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Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

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-
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No

DataType

FieldName

Description

4

d

ValidFrom

Price is valid from

5

d

ValidUntil

Price is valid until

6

n(10,0)

ShopCategory

Category

7

n(10,0)

Chain

The chain this shop belongs to

8

n(10,0)

ShopId

Shop code

Table
6
: Prices database table.

Order
:

No

DataType

FieldName

Description

1

c(50)

OrderId

Order code

2

c(50)

CustomerId

Customer code

3

n(10,2)

Price

Total price

4

d

OrderDate

Date of the order

5

d

ShipmentDate

Date until shipment is
due

6

d

Paymentdate

Date until payment is due

7

c(50)

Status

Status (ordered, paid, shipped, etc)

8

n(10,0)

ShopId

Shop code

9

c(10000)

TextInfo

Textual content of order (for reprinting)

10

d

ApproveDate

Date of approval

11

c(50)

UserId

Code of the
user who have taken the order

12

c(50)

OrderType

Type of the order

13

c(200)

Comment

Comments/notes on the order

14

c(50)

SpecialDiscount

Special discount if applicable

Table
7
: Order database table.

Order

Details
:

No

DataType

FieldName

Description

1

c(50)

ODetailId

Order detail code

2

c(50)

OrderId

Order code

3

c(50)

ProductCode

Product code

4

n(10,0)

Amount

Amount of ordered items

5

n(10,2)

NetPrice

Price of unit without tax

6

n(10,2)

TotalPrice

Price with VAT

7

n(10,0)

DeliveredQty

Quantity of delivered items

Table
8
: Order Details database table.

Project Name

EMPOWER

Project Number

232372

Document

D4.4 InfomatiX Prototype

Date

28/2/2013


EMPOWER
:
A Semantic
Service
-
Oriented Private Adaptation Layer Enabling the Next Generation, Interoperable and Easy
-
to
-
Integrate Software Products
of European Software SMEs

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-
SME
-
200
8
-
1:
“Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups (in particular SMEs)”

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79


2.6.

Integration need

2.6.1.

CashTime

CashTime is usually deployed to customers that already have an existing IT infrastructure that consists
among others

of

e.g. an accounting system. It is always a requirement to integrate with these
applications and the integrations should be as smooth and transparent
to

the users as possible. Until
now it was always the task of either of the parties to ensure integration b
y transforming its product’s
import or export feature to conform the other product’s expectations. We believe that this
customization step can be omitted with the semantic web service infrastructure that will be the result of
the EMPOWER project.

We presen
t in the
Table
9
,
Table
10
,
Table
11

and
Table
12

the problems that we
met during the integration of CashTime and Precíz.

Mapping for invoi
ces

Precíz uses the same hierarchy and field
s

set for invoices and invoice rows. In
the
rows some of the
fields header

data is repeated because of the export file structure.

No

Precíz

CashTime.Invoice

CashTime.InvoiceRow

Conflict

1

Naplo

<calculated>

<
calculated>

Missing data

2

Bizszam

Invoice.InvNo

Invoice.InvNo

Name

3

Bts

<calculated>

<calculated>