Adaptive Information Improving Business

* New Paradigm for considering application integration and B2B problems * Heightens the importance of conveying meaning between systems * Addresses movement in the EAI space toward more data handling capabilities * Offers a solution for the multitude of managers disconnected with the latest technologies * Leverages the technical advances made in complex data integration over 15 years * Shifts the focus from technology solutions to information solutions * Relies heavily on the use of practical examples, tips, definitions, and soapbox excerpts throughout the main body of text

JEFFREY T. POLLOCK is an executive leader in the enterprise software business, as well as a university instructor and technology visionary in the emerging field of data semantics. <BR> RALPH HODGSON is the cofounder of TopQuadrant, a consulting firm that specializes in semantic technologies and services for software innovation through "Solution Envisioning with Capability Cases."

List of Illustrations.

List of Tables and Other Sidebar Elements.

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART 1: WHY SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY?

1. Semantic Interoperability Gives IT Meaning.

2. Information Infrastructure Issues and Problems.

3. Promise of Frictionless Information.

PART 2: SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY PRIMER.

4. Foundations in Data Semantics.

5. Semantic Conflict Solution Patterns.

6. Meta-Data Archetypes.

7. Ontology Design Patterns.

8. Multi-Modal Interoperability Architecture.

9. Infrastructure and E-Business Patterns.

PART 3: ADOPTING SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES.

10. Capability Case Studies.

11. Adoption Strategies.

12. Tomorrow's Adaptive and Dynamic Systems.

Appendix A: Vendor Profiles, Tools and Scorecards.

Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations.

Endnotes.

Index.

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

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