RE: Current Perspectives on Interoperability

Defining interoperability would be great - but, probably needs to be done in context.  There are tons of definitions currently being used by various standards organizations, consortium, groups, users, etc.  All definitions seem to be similar with twists, depending on whether the interoperability is between systems, applications, or data. 

 

To add to the fray of definitions, here are a few more

 

 

 

 

 	 
DOD MIL-STD-188

Exchange

 

info or services exchanged satisfactorally

 	 
TheFreeDictionary.com

Exchange

 

ability of hw and sw of multiple machines/vendors to communicate

 	 
Whatis.com

Exchange

 

work w other systems w/o special effort via: a) standards or b) "broker"

 	 
Federal Standard 1037C

Exch/Use

 

provide and accept services for effective use

 	 
IEEE 90

Exch/Use

 

exchange in accurate, effective, consistent manner

 	 
Merriam-Webster

Exch/Use

 

system can use parts/abilities of another system

 	 
US CODE 44 USCS §.3601: (6)

Exch/Use

 

exchange, use

 	 
Organization

ISO

Exchange

 

exchange by prescribed method for predictable results

									

 

 

--Lynne

 

 

 

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From: www-qa-request@w3.org [mailto:www-qa-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Tim Boland
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 3:43 PM
To: www-qa@w3.org
Subject: Re: Current Perspectives on Interoperability

 

I think we should, if we can decide on a definition.. 

Another possible definition for "interoperability" from [1]:
"The ability of software and hardware on different machines from different vendors to share data." 

Another resource (article plus definitions) on "interoperability" is at [2]. 

Thanks and best wishes
Tim Boland NIST

[1]: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/i/interoperability.html
[2]: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/interoperability




At 01:36 PM 11/15/2005 -0500, you wrote:





Le 05-11-15 à 11:15, Karl Dubost a écrit :




But they decided to adopt

[[[
These observations lead us to a more abstract working definition of  
interoperability:

The ability of a collection of communicating entities to
        (a) share specified information and
        (b) operate on that information according to an agreed operational  
semantics.



We haven't defined interoperability in the [QA glossary][1]
Should we?

[1]: http://www.w3.org/QA/glossary

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Karl Dubost - http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
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