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    To interoperate
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    Operation sets
    the context 
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    Purpose is the
    intention, the end to which activity is directed 
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    Semantics
    is fundamentally interpretation 
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    Within a
    particular context 
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    From a particular
    point of view 
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    Semantic
    Interoperability/Integration is 
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    fundamentally
    driven by communication of 
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    purpose 
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    Participants
    determined by interpreting capacity to meet 
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    operational
    objectives 
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    Service
    obligations and responsibilities explicitly contracted 
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