Daisuke Miyamoto

Monitoring Cross-Site Processes Executed across Heterogeneous WS-BPEL Processors

Monitoring on heterogeneous large-scale business process is crucial for system management. But heterogeneous large-scale business processes cannot be satisfactorily monitored because there is no interoperability among process monitoring functions provided by multiple vendors. We found that monitoring on messages and messaging activities of Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL) processes was suitable for monitoring of heterogeneous large-scale business process. We present a common audit-data format that is designed for monitoring heterogeneous business processes. Additionally, we present the results of monitoring heterogeneous business processes by this common audit-data.

Service Interaction Platform Technologies Providing High Value-added ICT Services

In ubiquitous network society, various kinds of entities offer online services. For the user’s convenience, providing high value-added service such as one-stop online service is in urgent need. One-stop services transform citizens’ daily lives more convenient by, for example, improving online application procedures to local governments and companies. Service interaction platform technology, which securely and flexibly combines various kinds of services operated under different sites or established under different system architectures, is essential to realize high value-added services. In this paper we propose the core components of service interaction platform technology, and its effectiveness measured through demonstration experiments. The scenario of moving is applied in the experiments.

Local Government ICT Platform Standardization Activities of ICT Systems and Services for Offering High Value-added Service by Interacting Local Governments, Regional Institutions and Private Sector

As Japanese local governments are facing severe financial situation, reduction of administration cost with use of ICT is in burning necessity. However, electronic local government has not been promoted smoothly in Japan, since ICT systems have been introduced without sufficient business process reengineering. On the other hand, the citizens’ needs for enhancing public services have increased. In order to respond the citizens’ needs with the fiscal constraint, enriching public online service by the service interaction between local governments and regional institutions and private sector is indispensable. The Association for Promotion of Public Local Information and Communication (APPLIC), its members are local governments and private companies, has promoted the standardization activities of Local Government ICT Platform, which enables smooth interaction of data and services and brings solutions to the problems. By applying the standard specifications, business operation in local governments will be streamlined, and local governments and regional entities will be able to provide high value-added services such as one-stop service to citizens. This paper describes problems Japanese local governments have regarding the public service utilizing the ICT, activity of APPLIC to establish and promote Local Government ICT Platform for alleviating the problems, and the effect and architecture of Local Government ICT Platform.