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