Interoperability in information systems
Authors: Colomb, R. M.; Orlowska, M. E.
Journal: Information Systems Journal (1995)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.1995.tb00088.x
<jats:p><jats:bold>Abstract. </jats:bold> Two operationally autonomous information systems intemperate it system can make use of information contained in the other, or if they exchange transactions. A widely held assumption in this field is that the development interoperability among information systems should preserve the design autumn of the individual information systems in a strong sense. This paper demonstrate that preservation of strong design autonomy is not always possible owing to necessity to resolve semantic hereogeneity among the systems. This neces violation of autonomy calls into question the utility of research on general a tectures and the possibility of general solutions. We suggest some theme certain special cases where we believe feasible and useful computer scie research can be done in this area, and also suggest some implications for standard models of architectures for federated databases.</jats:p>