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