CommerceNet
Objective:
CommerceNet is an open, Internet-based infrastructure for
electronic commerce, created and operated by a consortium of major
Silicon Valley users, providers and developers under the auspices of
Smart Valley, Inc. CommerceNet seeks to revolutionize the Valley's
core electronics, software, and information service industries by
making interaction between customers, suppliers, and development
partners as efficient as interactions among internal departments.
CommerceNet has well over 100 members in Silicon Valley, throughout
the country, and around the world.
Approach:
The core partners of the
CommerceNet Consortium are
Stanford's
Center for Information Technology (CIT),
Enterprise Integration Technologies (EIT),
and
Bay Area Regional Research Network
(BARRNet), a part of BBN.
Stanford
Center for Information Technology (CIT)'s
efforts on
CommerceNet
are provided by
the Logic Group,
the Knowledge Systems Laboratory,
and the Database Group.
Primary CommerceNet funding to the core partners comes from an ARPA
TRP (Technology Reinvestment Program) contract. This funding must be
matched by cash and in-kind contributions.
Stanford's part of this project focuses research and development work
in Smart Catalogs and Virtual
Catalogs. This effort includes KSL's work on
ontologies.
Papers and
Selected Presentations
describing our technology and results are available.
Personnel:
Here are some of the people working as part of Stanford CIT's effort
on CommerceNet.
Michael R.
Genesereth is the Principal Investigator.
Arthur M. Keller is
the Project Manger. Richard Fikes leads KSL's efforts on ontologies.
Gio Wiederhold
leads the Database group's efforts on search.
Michael R.
Genesereth leads the Logic group's efforts on interoperability.
Mustafa Syed is
Chief Programmer for Stanford CIT's efforts on CommerceNet.
Click here for the list of CIT
people working on CommerceNet.
Arthur M.
Keller