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Workshop on Research and Technological Development for Information Society
Technologies Applied to Transport and Tourism
Bruxelles 24 May 2000
Andrea Nicolai
T6
The Intelligent Environment and Interoperability
of Tourism information systems and value added services
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The (In)Visible Revolution
Convergence
Market speed
Infomobility
Interoperability
Convergence
Market speed
Infomobility
Interoperability
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Three models of computing
From ‘50Disk centric computing
DBMSSpreadsheetWordProcessor
Disk OS’s
Device Drivers(disk, tape, serial)
From 1980’sNet- CentricComputing
Java2 EE/ EJBHTTP+ JavaSMTP
TCP / IP
Network Devices(3Com, Cisco, ...)
Emerging nowObject- centricComputing
ApplicationsCoordinatingObjects
Objects + Agents
Devices / Basic and VA Servicesimplemented asobjects
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The 21st Century Computing
Reliable (almost……)
Pervasive
Immersive
“The world of the future is the world of personal networks” Bill Joy
Reliable (almost……)
Pervasive
Immersive
“The world of the future is the world of personal networks” Bill Joy
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Market Terrain 2000 - 2010
Convergence: Computers, Communication, Consumer Electronics, Content, Services
Data Communication has largely bypassed voice traffic in 2000
E-Commerce Business volume $xyz Bn by 2002
By 2008 an average adult will daily consume - 2700 calories of food- 3 liters of fluid- 30 GB of digital information
Convergence: Computers, Communication, Consumer Electronics, Content, Services
Data Communication has largely bypassed voice traffic in 2000
E-Commerce Business volume $xyz Bn by 2002
By 2008 an average adult will daily consume - 2700 calories of food- 3 liters of fluid- 30 GB of digital information
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New DevicesIs the PC dead?
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Access Methods
The Future of The Future of E-BusinessE-Businessis all aboutis all about
CONVERGENCECONVERGENCE
Service federation
Spontaneous Networking
Devices connect
themselves
Data exchange
Service access
VAS creation
Darwinian evolution
Digital eco system
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Market speed up
Online travel agency sales will increase from an estimated 250,000 euro to a projected 1.1 billion euro this year in Europe
11 European air carrier announced today plans to create the first European online travel agency.
From a relation vendor/buyers to providers/users Where SMTE’s stand in the arena? What is US online travel's future in Europe?
- is competing with travel agencies that have been building their brands for more than 200 years.
Online travel agency sales will increase from an estimated 250,000 euro to a projected 1.1 billion euro this year in Europe
11 European air carrier announced today plans to create the first European online travel agency.
From a relation vendor/buyers to providers/users Where SMTE’s stand in the arena? What is US online travel's future in Europe?
- is competing with travel agencies that have been building their brands for more than 200 years.
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Dynamics in On line tourism
Technology presses traditional channels New entrants: airlines as one stop shop New entrants: new intermediaries (PriceLine) New ways of running the business (based on e-services) Technology now is entering in the destination (EU value
added) E-services introduced Chapter 2 of the Internet from the current “do-it-yourself” to a “do-it-for-you” model The successful company of 2025 will have no HQ, own no
IT and will have one-tenth the fixed assets it has today It’s most vital competitive resource will be the emotional
added value it has built with its customers
10Single service portal will disappear
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mCommerce velocity! (Western Europe)
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
mCommerce users (000) mCommerce revenues ($000)
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10000000
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20000000
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30000000
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Source: International Data Corporation, 2000
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The growth of metadata on the Internet ...
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Obstacles to large scale Tourism Markets
Ontology is a central issue for the development of Internet commerce systems
Interoperability problems are acute in the sector where a large number of partners attempt to agree and define the standards/specification for interoperation- … and this was just for DATA! what when we face
with the raise of e-services interoperability ????
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Obstacles to common Tourism Market
Standards/Specification is difficult to achieve in the tourism domain
In addition: - Describing tourism organisations, their
products & services, separately and in combination, and the interactions between them is a formidable task.
- Impossible to establish, a priori, rules (technical or procedural) governing participation in an electronic marketplace
Standards/Specification is difficult to achieve in the tourism domain
In addition: - Describing tourism organisations, their
products & services, separately and in combination, and the interactions between them is a formidable task.
- Impossible to establish, a priori, rules (technical or procedural) governing participation in an electronic marketplace
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Comparison Java and XML
XML is a structured programming- Language indipendent, data dependent- Data centric manipulation varying per system- Meaning + Integrity + Interoperability by
convention only Java is “object oriented”
- Language dipendent, data independent- Object include code and data- Java and Java VM allows object to be mobile- Meaning + Integrity + Interoperability by
construction!
XML is a structured programming- Language indipendent, data dependent- Data centric manipulation varying per system- Meaning + Integrity + Interoperability by
convention only Java is “object oriented”
- Language dipendent, data independent- Object include code and data- Java and Java VM allows object to be mobile- Meaning + Integrity + Interoperability by
construction!
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From B2B to S2S (Service to Service)
Java
.. Connecting computers, people and services
XML
Process ControlIntelligent EnvironmentSmart ProductsDynamic service federation
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FETISH Initiative
Virtually everything can be added as a Value Added Service
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The Power of Fetish approach
Enables a new way to build and deploy software application and device
Introduces the concept of services that can be easily connected to a network and used and shared without configuration
Dynamic distributed systems are now possible, goal is to lose control over the network
Building a shared ontology for services interoperability (almost an impossible task!)
Enables a new way to build and deploy software application and device
Introduces the concept of services that can be easily connected to a network and used and shared without configuration
Dynamic distributed systems are now possible, goal is to lose control over the network
Building a shared ontology for services interoperability (almost an impossible task!)
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Anyone, Anywhere,Anytime, on Anything
Planned Static Brittler
Planned Static Brittler
Dynamic Spontaneou
s Resilient
Dynamic Spontaneou
s Resilient
Existing Tourism Networks
New Tourism Networks
Fetish technology extends the power of O.O. by bringing simplicity and mobility to
networking. Services communicate with one another
anywhere, anytime
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Description
The valuable objective of FETISH:
- to turn the fragmented tourism information systems and the IST-based value-added services into a federated wide tourist network - making it easy for consumers and business travellers access a central source of European resources and services.
The vision:- to be a leading supplier of distributed service solutions,
that will provide tourism information and service integration. By using the an object oriented architecture, FETISH gives to EC projects a real competitive advantage on the market.
The valuable objective of FETISH:
- to turn the fragmented tourism information systems and the IST-based value-added services into a federated wide tourist network - making it easy for consumers and business travellers access a central source of European resources and services.
The vision:- to be a leading supplier of distributed service solutions,
that will provide tourism information and service integration. By using the an object oriented architecture, FETISH gives to EC projects a real competitive advantage on the market.
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Fetish Vision
Jini community has considered Fetish the third largest world Jini project (with US Navy, Ford !)Fetish is now a world reference case
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E-EuropeTargets
Ensure that the remaining e-commerce-related directives are in place
Encourage alternative consumer redress mechanisms and online dispute settlement
Launch a campaign to help SMEs go digital Traffic and travel planning information services to cover 50%
of larger cities within 2002
Integrated approach is needed at local/regional level- (link with: strucutural funds, national initiatives….)
Ensure that the remaining e-commerce-related directives are in place
Encourage alternative consumer redress mechanisms and online dispute settlement
Launch a campaign to help SMEs go digital Traffic and travel planning information services to cover 50%
of larger cities within 2002
Integrated approach is needed at local/regional level- (link with: strucutural funds, national initiatives….)
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Contact:Andrea Nicolai
T6Via Genova 3000184 Roma
Contact:Andrea Nicolai
T6Via Genova 3000184 Roma
Tel +39 06 47823286Fax +39 06 47882798Email: [email protected]