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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
Today interoperability is achieved indirectly; semantic considerations are only in the heads of designers and implementers. OASIS will focus on making semantics an explicit part of the computational process. OASIS adds the dimensions of operational context and purpose to the analysis, design and implementation of semantically enriched objects. Configuration of semantic components is potentially negotiated between the service requester and the potential service provider.