Some Current Approaches to Interoperability

Abstract

This technical note examines some of the complexities of interoperability and some recent research approaches to achieving it. There are many reasons why achieving interoperability between complex, heterogeneous systems is difficult. These include the problem of semantics; the differences between hardware and software; the difference between bounded and unbounded software systems; the need for trust, trustworthiness, and security in software systems; and the difficulty of quantifying interoperability. Many research efforts currently underway are aimed at finding improvements in both technologies and procedures to achieving interoperability more easily. These efforts include work in ontologies, service-oriented architectures, emergent methods, and new approaches to security. While these efforts show many signs of promise, a considerable amount of work will be needed to bring these to a mature state.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA441828

Entities

People

  • David Fisher
  • David J. Carney
  • Edwin J. Morris
  • Pat Place

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Engineering
  • Health Services
  • Information Operations
  • Interoperability
  • Language
  • Models
  • Network Protocols
  • Ontologies
  • Service Oriented Architecture
  • Software Development
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Web Service
  • World Wide Web

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.