Adaptive Information: Improving Business Through Semantic Interoperability, Grid Computing, and Enterprise Integration

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