Pollock / Hodgson Adaptive Information

Improving Business Through Semantic Interoperability, Grid Computing, and Enterprise Integration
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-471-71420-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management

* New Paradigm for considering application integration and B2Bproblems
* Heightens the importance of conveying meaning betweensystems
* Addresses movement in the EAI space toward more data handlingcapabilities
* Offers a solution for the multitude of managers disconnectedwith the latest technologies
* Leverages the technical advances made in complex dataintegration over 15 years
* Shifts the focus from technology solutions to informationsolutions
* Relies heavily on the use of practical examples, tips,definitions, and soapbox excerpts throughout the main body oftext

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pollock, Jeffrey T.

Hodgson, Ralph

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations xvii
List of Tables and Other Sidebar Elements xxi
Foreword xxiii
Preface xxv
Acknowledgments xxxi
Part One: Why Semantic Interoperability?
1. Semantic Interoperability Gives IT Meaning 3
2. Information Infrastructure Issues and Problems 23
3. Promise of Frictionless Information 39
Part Two: Semantic Interoperability Primer
4. Foundations in Data Semantics 69
5. Semantic Conflict Solution Patterns 99
6. MetaData Archetypes 127
7. Ontology Design Patterns 145
8. Multimodal Interoperability Architecture 195
9. Infrastructure and E-Business Patterns 223
Part 3: Adopting Semantic Technologies
10. Capability Case Studies 259
11. Adoption Strategies 305
12. Tomorrow's Adaptive and Dynamic Systems 333
Appendices
Appendix A. Vendor Profiles, Tools, and Scorecards 347
Appendix B. Acronyms and Abbreviations 375
Endnotes 379
Index 383

Über Autor(innen)

JEFFREY T. POLLOCK is an executive leader in the enterprisesoftware business, as well as a university instructor andtechnology visionary in the emerging field of data semantics.
RALPH HODGSON is the cofounder of TopQuadrant, aconsulting firm that specializes in semantic technologies andservices for software innovation through "Solution Envisioning withCapability Cases."