We did a study of semantic interoperability in 1999 and defined it (from
the perspective of interoperating object-based systems) in our paper:
· Obrst, L., G. Whittaker, A. Meng. Semantic Interoperability via
Context Interpretation, submitted to Context-99, Trento, Italy, April,
1999, invited poster session.
A related and shorter paper is:
· Obrst, L., G. Whittaker, A. Meng. Semantic Context for Object
Exchange, AAAI Workshop on Context in AAI Applications, Orlando, FL,
July 19, 1999.
>From the 1st paper:
Semantic interoperability is defined as the enablement of software
systems ... to interoperate at a level in which the exchange of
information is at the enterprise [or community] level. This means each
system (or object of a system) can map from its own conceptual model to
the conceptual model of other systems, thereby ensuring that the meaning
of their information is transmitted, accepted, understood, and used
across the enterprise [or community]. We argue that the primary way by
which semantic interoperability can be realized is by defining a notion
of context which includes the object to be exchanged and its internal
state, its interpretation with respect to both the source and the target
system object models, and the particular use of and intent for the
object in both the source and target systems.
Hope this helps some,
Leo
> "Christensen, Joe" wrote:
>
> Doug,
>
> Thanks for this. Are you aware of any formal definition of 'semantic
> interoperability'? I have taken on board to come up with a definition
> for inclusion in a draft ISO standard on Requirements for Electronic
> Health Records Architecture. The words in 11179/3 about (paraphrasing)
> "ensuring that the receiver understands the data as intended by the
> sender" are pretty good, and I'll use these as the default if there's
> nothing better.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mann, Douglas D [SMTP:MannD@BATTELLE.ORG]
> Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2001 2:40
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Paper and site of interest to WG 2
>
> WG 2,
>
> This paper is good reading. I found it through the site below
> "What Terms Does Your Metadata Use? Application Profiles as
> Machine-Understandable Narratives"
> http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i02/Baker/
>
> The base site is
> Forum for Metadata Schema Implementers
> http://www.schemas-forum.org/
>
> Douglas D. Mann
>
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