Title
Semantic Interoperability in Practice
Abstract
Effective electronic governance relies upon the transmission of meaningful metadata: information about intents and purposes, provenance and form. Mechanisms for the definition and communication of this metadata, and for its automatic incorporation in software interfaces and artifacts, already exist. However, there is as yet no well-understood mechanism the establishment and maintenance of an agreed collection of metadata for a specific, common purpose. Semantic interoperability - the ability of systems to work together, using common interpretations of data and services - can thus be difficult to achieve. This paper explains how collections of metadata, describing data usage and data standards, can be established and maintained, and examines their application to semantic interoperability in two domains: in clinical informatics, and in public sector coordination. A number of recommendations are made regarding the use of metadata and models for interoperability.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/HICSS.2010.334
HICSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
public sector coordination,data usage,common interpretation,semantic interoperability,automatic incorporation,data standard,meaningful metadata,effective electronic governance,clinical informatics,common purpose,public sector,atmospheric modeling,unified modeling language,open systems,meta data,data models,metadata,semantics
Metadata,Metadata repository,World Wide Web,Computer science,Meta Data Services,Data element,Interoperability,Cross-domain interoperability,Semantic interoperability,Semantic grid
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1060-3425
2
0.45
References 
Authors
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Aadya Shukla1303.16
Steve Harris2557.37
Jim Davies367380.95