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Now Assume Each Company Has
Separate Enterprise Semantics, Multiply by the Number of Companies, & Have Them Interoperate and Preserve
Semantics
Try
doing this without Ontologies! You can, but it’s a Nightmare, and it COSTS:
Now & Later!
Products
Metal
Health
Electronic
Chemical
Distributor
Manufacturer
Wholesaler
Retailer
EndRun
TradingPartners
TransWorld
iMicro
3Initial
Location
Africa
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Asia
Time
Point
Interval
Coordinate
System
UTM
Geographic
LatLong
GPS
UnitOfMeasure
Distance
Mass
Liquid
Solid
Shipping
Methods
Air
Ground
Truck
RegionalCarrier
LocalCarrier
Sea
Applications
TradingHub
RFI/RFQ
Sell
ShippedBy
ObtainedFrom
LocatedAt
GivenBy
MeasuredBy
Uses
Support
AvailableAt
Train
Products
Metal
Health
Electronic
Chemical
Distributor
Manufacturer
Wholesaler
Retailer
EndRun
TradingPartners
TransWorld
iMicro
3Initial
Location
Africa
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Asia
Time
Point
Interval
Coordinate
System
UTM
Geographic
LatLong
GPS
UnitOfMeasure
Distance
Mass
Liquid
Solid
Shipping
Methods
Air
Ground
Truck
RegionalCarrier
LocalCarrier
Sea
Applications
TradingHub
RFI/RFQ
Sell
ShippedBy
ObtainedFrom
LocatedAt
GivenBy
MeasuredBy
Uses
Support
AvailableAt
Train
Products
Metal
Health
Electronic
Chemical
Distributor
Manufacturer
Wholesaler
Retailer
EndRun
TradingPartners
TransWorld
iMicro
3Initial
Location
Africa
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Asia
Time
Point
Interval
Coordinate
System
UTM
Geographic
LatLong
GPS
UnitOfMeasure
Distance
Mass
Liquid
Solid
Shipping
Methods
Air
Ground
Truck
RegionalCarrier
LocalCarrier
Sea
Applications
TradingHub
RFI/RFQ
Sell
ShippedBy
ObtainedFrom
LocatedAt
GivenBy
MeasuredBy
Uses
Support
AvailableAt
Train
Products
Metal
Health
Electronic
Chemical
Distributor
Manufacturer
Wholesaler
Retailer
EndRun
TradingPartners
TransWorld
iMicro
3Initial
Location
Africa
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Asia
Time
Point
Interval
Coordinate
System
UTM
Geographic
LatLong
GPS
UnitOfMeasure
Distance
Mass
Liquid
Solid
Shipping
Methods
Air
Ground
Truck
RegionalCarrier
LocalCarrier
Sea
Applications
TradingHub
RFI/RFQ
Sell
ShippedBy
ObtainedFrom
LocatedAt
GivenBy
MeasuredBy
Uses
Support
AvailableAt
Train