Toward Semantic Interoperability between Information Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 65-88
Author(s):  
Mariela Rico ◽  
Maria Caliusco ◽  
Maria Galli ◽  
Omar Chiotti
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Semantic Interoperability

Rationale and Design Considerations for a Semantic Mediator in Health Information Systems

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 518-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sauquet ◽  
M.-C. Jaulent ◽  
E. Zapletal ◽  
M. Lavril ◽  
P. Degoulet
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Heterogeneous Systems ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Semantic Interoperability ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Current State ◽  
Engineering Environment

AbstractRapid development of community health information networks raises the issue of semantic interoperability between distributed and heterogeneous systems. Indeed, operational health information systems originate from heterogeneous teams of independent developers and have to cooperate in order to exchange data and services. A good cooperation is based on a good understanding of the messages exchanged between the systems. The main issue of semantic interoperability is to ensure that the exchange is not only possible but also meaningful. The main objective of this paper is to analyze semantic interoperability from a software engineering point of view. It describes the principles for the design of a semantic mediator (SM) in the framework of a distributed object manager (DOM). The mediator is itself a component that should allow the exchange of messages independently of languages and platforms. The functional architecture of such a SM is detailed. These principles have been partly applied in the context of the HEllOS object-oriented software engineering environment. The resulting service components are presented with their current state of achievement.

Solving Semantic Interoperability Conflicts in Cross-Border E-Government Services

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Mocan ◽  
Federico M. Facca ◽  
Nikolaos Loutas ◽  
Vassilios Peristeras ◽  
Sotirios K. Goudos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Web Service ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Semantic Interoperability ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Heterogeneous Information ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Organizational Information

Interoperability is one of the most challenging problems in modern cross-organizational information systems, which rely on heterogeneous information and process models. Interoperability becomes very important for e-Government information systems that support cross-organizational communication especially in a cross-border setting. The main goal in this context is to seamlessly provide integrated services to the user (citizen). In this paper we focus on Pan European e-Services and issues related with their integration. Our analysis uses basic concepts of the generic public service model of the Governance Enterprise Architecture (GEA) and of the Web Service Modeling Ontology (WSMO), to express the semantic description of the e-services. Based on the above, we present a mediation infrastructure capable of resolving semantic interoperability conflicts at a pan-European level. We provide several examples to illustrate both the need to solve such semantic conflicts and the actual solutions we propose.

scholarly journals An Empirical Investigation of GIS Interoperability Best Practices In Industry

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Mazimwe ◽  
Imed Hammouda ◽  
Anthony Gidudu
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Semantic Interoperability ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Top Down

Reuse of patterns is a self-evident approach for managing interoperability concerns. Although patterns for resolving interoperability barriers exist in the literature, no study exists on adoption of interoperability patterns by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) practitioners in industry. Thus there is limited understanding of pattern re-usability, yet the advantages offered by interoperability patterns provide a reasonably sound justification for their usage. This paper examines the adoption of proven interoperability best practices in the GIS industry. An empirical study that involved the use of semi-structured interviews was employed to gather data from GIS developers on domain interoperability best practices. Results indicated that industry and communities of practice have been converging on the technical level to ensure interoperability of GIS concerns. Semantic interoperability and related patterns are least understood, yet semantic barriers still exist. This is partly due to the complexity associated with the top-down approach used to develop semantic interoperability solutions. Therefore, this study proposes research into resolving barriers in the adoption of interoperability patterns that reduce complexity while solving semantic interoperability barriers.

Theory of Ontology and Meta-Modeling and the Standard

2010 ◽  
pp. 58-101
Author(s):  
Keqing He ◽  
Chong Wang ◽  
Yangfan He ◽  
Yutao Ma ◽  
Peng Liang
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Semantic Interoperability ◽  
Software Component ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
International Standard ◽  
Modeling Methodology ◽  
Effective Exchange ◽  
Meta Modeling ◽  
Semantic Ontology ◽  
Semantic Interoperation

With the continuous development and rapid progress of information techniques, complexity and scale of information systems are expanding increasingly, which consequently brings our research focus on how to ensure the effective exchange of information and efficient interconnection between each part of a information system. However, different modeling paradigm, languages and platforms cause grammatical and semantic diversity to the existing information resources, a challenging approach to information resources management is needed to promote deep sharing of those information resources and implement rapid integration based on them. To realize semantic interoperation between diverse information systems and resources, the authors combine meta-modeling methodology in software engineering and ontology from philosophy to exploit a novel methodology named Theory of Ontology & Meta-modeling. Based on the methodology, the authors contributed to an international standard project ISO/IEC 19763- 3: Metamodel for ontology registration since 2003, which was officially published as an international standard in Dec, 2007. Furthermore, we developed a Management and Service platform for Semantic Interoperability on Manufacturing Informationalization Software Component Repository (SCR). It can support ontology-based software component attributes classification, registration and management using ISO/IEC 19763-3 standard, and implement semantic (ontology) based software component query and retrieval. Based on above mentioned techniques, this platform can facilitate the management of semantic interoperability, which provides the reliable infrastructure for the reusing and sharing of heterogeneous software component resources.

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